Comments on: Academics vs. athletics http://rbclarion.com/opinion/2009/11/20/academics-vs-athletics/ Free of Bull, Full of Bulldogs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evan http://rbclarion.com/opinion/2009/11/20/academics-vs-athletics/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Evan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:35:06 +0000 http://rbclarion.com/?p=1430#comment-94 Jason, I agree with you. Most schools should adopt a 2.0 min GPA, especially suburban schools like RB and those of the Metro-Suburban Conference which are, for the most part, very good academic schools. But I want to address CPS and Derrick Rose, who went to Simeon (a CPS district). I'm kind of a Simeon expert because I interviewed an Illini football player who went to Simeon. The school has never made Adequate Yearly Progress under NCLB. The school has nearly 80% of its students on free/reduced lunch. Students at Simeon do not benefit from a multicultural atmosphere, as it is more than 99% African American. A move towards charter schools in CPS has marginalized schools like Simeon--that is, the ones in most need of funding. So my question is this: Is it fair to hold student athletes in districts like these to the same standards we have for ourselves? Jason, I agree with you. Most schools should adopt a 2.0 min GPA, especially suburban schools like RB and those of the Metro-Suburban Conference which are, for the most part, very good academic schools. But I want to address CPS and Derrick Rose, who went to Simeon (a CPS district). I’m kind of a Simeon expert because I interviewed an Illini football player who went to Simeon. The school has never made Adequate Yearly Progress under NCLB. The school has nearly 80% of its students on free/reduced lunch. Students at Simeon do not benefit from a multicultural atmosphere, as it is more than 99% African American. A move towards charter schools in CPS has marginalized schools like Simeon–that is, the ones in most need of funding. So my question is this: Is it fair to hold student athletes in districts like these to the same standards we have for ourselves?

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