Graphic by Charlotte Alden.
Pro-Con: Colleges should alter athlete-scholarships
January 8, 2017
Pro: Colleges should rethink scholarships for student-athletes
Many football players recruited to play in college have extremely low SAT scores, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Take, for example, the average for Oklahoma State University football: 878 out of 1600.
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Grade: 12
Interests: Theatre, music, reading and writing
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Con: The current academic requirement is enough
After attending morning classes and having a quick lunch, Whitman alum Anton Casey (‘15) heads straight for the weight room. Five hours of practice later, Casey eats dinner and then finishes the night studying at the library.
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