The gators

[spreadman]

AJC investigation: Many athletes lag far behind on SAT scores
By MIKE KNOBLER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Football and men’s basketball players on the nation’s big-time college teams averaged hundreds of points lower on their SATs than their classmates, and some of the gaps are so large they call into question the lengths to which schools will go to win.

The biggest gap between football players and students as a whole occurred at the University of Florida, where players scored 346 points lower than the school’s overall student body. That’s larger than the difference in scores between typical students at the University of Georgia and Harvard University

[jmarty6969]

truley no surprise here at all....................

[BettorsChat]

Those players make millions for the universities. And with a college education they will make more money than if they didn't have one.

[Spearit]

Interestig

Lived in Gainesville for 10 years. I will always remember the sign that hovered over a main street each season for 3 years. It said:

Welcome back students to G'ville. Where the population doubles and the IQ is cut in half.

It is a sad commentary dealing with the promotion of elite players to perform for the school when they can barely make the grades in recreation therapy classes.

Also kudos to the Florida State player that won the award for just the opposite. His time in the class room was an abberation from what todays student athlete has to offer to the community and to his resume.