#1 Rated player out of HS, Rhodes Scholar, NFL Misfit Myron Rolle speaks at hearing regarding paying players
Just a little object of interest on a slow afternoon for the board.
This is a short opening statement by Myron Rolle about the problem of NCAA athletes essentially being used by the universities and graduating with useless degrees. He doesn't really say anything super enlightening, but it really makes you wonder at how one guy can graduate college sounding like this and another can graduate saying things like "We ain't come to play school." While listening to his statement I found myself first thinking, "I wish more athletes sounded like this," then addended my thought to, "I wish more PEOPLE sounded like this." I'm not one to rave about people's intelligence/abilities/accomplishments, but this guy is a boss.
I really hope he took a harder line during the rest of the hearing, because here he seems to be sugarcoating it by saying we "have a bit further to go" in terms of educating athletes. Yeah, a bit.
I knew a lot about Myron Rolle before this, but hearing him speak - holy shit is he impressive.
It would be interesting to talk to him about how he feels about all of this. On one hand, he would be an argument for why college athletes can be successful academically because he did great things playing the most demanding sport, excelling at said sport, and doing it at a school not known for being academically elite (e.g. he wasn't at Stanford or Duke). On the other hand, he has clearly seen other athletes who achieved a whole lot less than he did. So I wonder how much of that blame he puts on the system and how much he puts on the players who didn't utilize their education as much as he did.
Basketball is much, much more disruptive to studies than football.
That stat is according to whom? I don't believe that 60% of college freshmen are taught remedial English. I know that not every college is Ivy League, but I doubt more than half of college students need remedial English.
If everyone needs Remedial English, at what point does it stop being remedial and start being just "English".
I graduated in 09 and I went to a school in the suburbs north of Detroit. I know we had 6 classes a day and there were 6 remedial english classes a day. So not 60% for my school at least but it was surprising how many classes were needed.
You're looking at this
| Date | Opponent* | Result | Record | |
| Nov. 8, 2013 | MASS LOWELL | W | 69-42 | 1-0 |
| Nov. 12, 2013 | S. C. State | W | 93-59 | 2-0 |
| Nov. 17, 2013 | at Iowa State | L | 77-70 | 2-1 |
| Nov. 21, 2013 | Long Beach St.1 | W | 85-61 | 3-1 |
| Nov. 22, 2013 | at Florida State2 | W | 82-80 | 4-1 |
| Nov. 24, 2013 | Charlotte3 | L | 63-61 | 4-2 |
| Nov. 29, 2013 | Coppin St. | W | 87-45 | 5-2 |
| Dec. 3, 2013 | at Duke | L | 79-69 | 5-3 |
| Dec. 7, 2013 | HOUSTON BAPTIST | W | 107-53 | 6-3 |
| Dec. 14, 2013 | Arizona | L | 72-70 | 6-4 |
| Dec. 21, 2013 | Stanford | W | 68-65 | 7-4 |
| Dec. 28, 2013 | Holy Cross | W | 88-66 | 8-4 |
| Jan. 2, 2014 | at Minnesota | W | 63-60 | 9-4 (1-0) |
| Jan. 5, 2014 | Northwestern | W | 74-51 | 10-4 (2-0) |
| Jan. 9, 2014 | at Nebraska | W | 71-70 | 11-4 (3-0) |
| Jan. 14, 2014 | Penn State | W | 80-67 | 12-4 (4-0) |
| Jan. 18, 2014 | at Wisconsin | W | 77-70 | 13-4 (5-0) |
| Jan. 22, 2014 | Iowa | W | 75-67 | 14-4 (6-0) |
| Jan. 25, 2014 | at Michigan State | W | 80-75 | 15-4 (7-0) |
| Jan. 30, 2014 | Purdue | W | 75-66 | 16-4 (8-0) |
| Feb. 2, 2014 | at Indiana | L | 63-52 | 16-5 (8-1) |
| Feb. 5, 2014 | Nebraska | W | 79-50 | 17-5 (9-1) |
| Feb. 8, 2014 | at Iowa | L | 85-67 | 17-6 (9-2) |
| Feb. 11, 2014 | at Ohio State | W | 70-60 | 18-6 (10-2) |
| Feb. 16, 2014 | Wisconsin | L | 75-62 | 18-7 (10-3) |
| Feb. 23, 2014 | Michigan State | W | 79-70 | 19-7 (11-3) |
| Feb. 26, 2014 | at Purdue | W | 77-76 | 20-7 (12-3) |
| Mar. 1, 2014 | Minnesota | W | 66-56 | 21-7 (13-3) |
| Mar. 4, 2014 | at Illinois | W | 84-53 | 22-7 (14-3) |
| Mar. 8, 2014 | Indiana | W | 84-80 | 23-7 (15-3) |
| Mar. 14, 2014 | Illinois4 | W | 64-63 | 24-7 (16-3) |
| Mar. 15, 2014 | Ohio State5 | W | 72-69 | 25-7 (17-3) |
| Mar. 16, 2014 | Michigan State6 | L | 69-55 | 25-8 (17-4) |
| Mar. 20, 2014 | Wofford7 | W | 57-40 | 26-8 |
| Mar. 22, 2014 | Texas8 | W | 79-65 | 27-8 |
| Mar. 28, 2014 | Tennessee9 | W | 73-71 | 28-8 |
| Mar. 30, 2014 | Kentucky10 | L | 75-72 | 28-9 |
Vs this
| Aug. 31, 2013 | Central Michigan (Big Ten Network) | W | 59-9 | 1-0 | |
| Sept. 7, 2013 | Notre Dame (ESPN) | W | 41-30 | 2-0 | |
| Sept. 14, 2013 | Akron (Big Ten Network) | W | 28-24 | 3-0 | |
| Sept. 21, 2013 | at Connecticut | W | 24-21 | 4-0 | |
| Oct. 5, 2013 | Minnesota (ABC) | W | 42-13 | 5-0 (1-0) | |
| Oct. 12, 2013 | at Penn State (ESPN) | L | 43-40 | 5-1 (1-1) | |
| Oct. 19, 2013 | Indiana (Big Ten Network) | W | 63-47 | 6-1 (2-1) | |
| Nov. 2, 2013 | at Michigan State | L | 29-6 | 6-2 (2-2) | |
| Nov. 9, 2013 | Nebraska | L | 17-13 | 6-3 (2-3) | |
| Nov. 16, 2013 | at Northwestern | W | 27-19 | 7-3 (3-3) | |
| Nov. 23, 2013 | at Iowa | L | 24-21 | 7-4 (3-4) | |
| Nov. 30, 2013 | Ohio State | L | 42-41 | 7-5 (3-5) | |
| Dec. 28, 2013 | at Kansas State | L | 31-14 | 7-6 | |
because quantum mechanics didn't exist then and now it's taught at high levels in undergrad and low levels in high school.
on 1914, the other 40% didn't graduate HS. Also, the utility of teaching Latin to all HS students is dubious at best.
I teach first-year composition at a small university at which half of our incoming students are the first-generation in their family to attend college, so I ran our numbers. I hate to disagree with your grandmother, but where I teach traditionally 12% of our first-year students take remedial English.
Sorry - I submitted before I was ready. There is also another problem with that statement - 1914 is pre-GI bill, and the percentage of Americans going to college was much smaller, representing an income level much higher than we have now.
Just another recruit lying when they say they care about academics.
He was a Rhodes Scholar, I'm pretty sure he cared about academics. Now he's in medical school and wants to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.
Maybe we didn't have what he was looking for?
Yikes - see you when you're 37, Dr. Rolle.
I was being incredibly sarcastic. Like so sarcastic I couldn't verbally form the words because I cannot possibly put the necessary amount of sarcasm into the inflection of my voice.
That's what i get for not including the fucking "/s" tag though. (which in my opinion just sucks, and makes every sarcastic comment it is included on sound stupid)
I won't blame you JGB, I'll blame chicken salad.
Stupid chicken salad.
Interestingly enough, I actually had some last night. They sold it in the market here, so I made a sandwich. It was pretty good.
As for ribs, damn you for mentioning those... But I only have a few days left in Ghana, so I'm not focusing on that too much and just making the most out of my time here. Then back stateside on sunday (just in time to miss my chance to go to the ManU-RM game. dammit).
That's pretty funny actually, and have a safe trip back.
Thanks!
oh god so much sarcasm.
but i also deeply hate the "/s", so i avoid doing it when i can.
I just figured that comment was so dripping with sarcasm that considering the context it'd be impossible for a reader to not pick up on that. I was clearly wrong.
Consider it remedial sarcasm detection 100.
I mean, yeah, if that one can't get picked up given this thread, then I think that there is no hope for sarcastic comments on the internet. Unless it's in a specific font...
From now on, this is my sarcasm font:
[testing...testing] Really fantastic font a2_eb. This wll definitely work well in any thread where you don't specify that this is your sarcasm font.
At first I didn't detect the sarcasm, but then I realized your username wasn't "1928" and the sarcasm came ringing through.
That stat is according to whom? I don't believe that 60% of college freshmen are taught remedial sarcasm detection. I know that not every college is Ivy League, but I doubt more than half of college students need remedial sarcasm.
I feel bad for the dude that had to speak after him. He's probably like "Um, what he said was pretty good. Let's just leave it there."
Would you be willing to pay for that in tattoos? (The major currencey used amongst the citizens of Columbus, Ohio.)
While listening to his statement I found myself first thinking, "I wish more athletes sounded like this," then addended my thought to, "I wish more PEOPLE sounded like this."I'd like to further addend to your thought by adding that I wish more members of Congress sounded like this.