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Post by numberonebrave on Feb 9, 2024 10:53:34 GMT -5
When I was on the what was called the NCAT athletic board in control ( do not know if it still exists) football players performed better during season than out of season. We concluded , there was greater structure. Both hours completed and gpa were higher. Not so for MBB , athletes seemed to do worse in spring.
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Post by jbrob on Feb 10, 2024 4:06:33 GMT -5
When I was on the what was called the NCAT athletic board in control ( do not know if it still exists) football players performed better during season than out of season. We concluded , there was greater structure. Both hours completed and gpa were higher. Not so for MBB , athletes seemed to do worse in spring. Playing games twice a week may take a toll on their grades.
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Post by saabman on Feb 10, 2024 11:37:20 GMT -5
When I was on the what was called the NCAT athletic board in control ( do not know if it still exists) football players performed better during season than out of season. We concluded , there was greater structure. Both hours completed and gpa were higher. Not so for MBB , athletes seemed to do worse in spring. Playing games twice a week may take a toll on their grades. It's not the games ,it's the individual players class-room commitment . With today's technology there's no reason a student should not be able to keep up or stay on track in the classroom when on the road. Some majors may be an exception, engineering may be one of them.
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Post by moaggies5 on Feb 10, 2024 12:29:13 GMT -5
I agree Saab. I recall in the late 80s taking a road trip to Orangeburg, then on to Tally to play FAM. By the time we got back to Greensboro I missed 2 weeks of classroom time. There were no virtual options as the internet was not as we know it today. Playing baseball for the great HOF Calvin Lang and Helburn Meadows was a challenge to say the least. I guess they did the best they could with what they had, and the War was in a lot better shape than it is now. SMH
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Post by westcoastaggie on Feb 13, 2024 7:51:25 GMT -5
Playing games twice a week may take a toll on their grades. It's not the games ,it's the individual players class-room commitment . With today's technology there's no reason a student should not be able to keep up or stay on track in the classroom when on the road. Some majors may be an exception, engineering may be one of them. It depends on the professor themselves. Since we are out of the pandemic, most of their classes will be in-person. Now, they’ll have some online or virtual coursework but for the most part, their work will be done in-person. One issue for basketball is the fact that depending on the schedule, they used to only go to classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Thurs, Fri, and Mon classes were hit and miss because of the travel schedule.
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Post by saabman on Feb 13, 2024 12:04:52 GMT -5
It's not the games ,it's the individual players class-room commitment . With today's technology there's no reason a student should not be able to keep up or stay on track in the classroom when on the road. Some majors may be an exception, engineering may be one of them. It depends on the professor themselves. Since we are out of the pandemic, most of their classes will be in-person. Now, they’ll have some online or virtual coursework but for the most part, their work will be done in-person. One issue for basketball is the fact that depending on the schedule, they used to only go to classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Thurs, Fri, and Mon classes were hit and miss because of the travel schedule. Not really the case anymore all of that has changed. With the innovation of FaceTime and face/real time personal interaction Apps . Students can FaceTime with others students in their class and listen to the class lecture for that day over the phone or tablet, and with permission from the instructor/ professor can FaceTime the class while on the road. That is why a lot of programs are issuing laptops/ tablets to their athletes that are in Road heavy programs like basketball, track and field, bowling, golf and any other programs that affect and require the athletes weekday classroom in person participation. Most professors will accommodate the use of those smart applications for the traveling athlete. Don't get it twisted this has to be a working relationship between the athletes athletic department and the affected instructors. Also even if the instructor refuses to participate the athlete can still rely on his fellow students classmate friends to up date him or her . The old days of doing things are antiquated even for college professors because even with them they have to learn to accommodate the students and their needs over their own.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Feb 13, 2024 14:14:59 GMT -5
When I was on the what was called the NCAT athletic board in control ( do not know if it still exists) football players performed better during season than out of season. We concluded , there was greater structure. Both hours completed and gpa were higher. Not so for MBB , athletes seemed to do worse in spring. This is the same experience members of the BGMM have during marching season. With 3 to 4 hours of practice 5 days a week and games on Saturday, there is very little free time. So, band members learn to use their free time to study and do assignments. And the band also monitors their grades and provide study session so they can catch any band member with academic issues. But after marching season, is when some band member's struggle. They have so much free time that they put off studying and assignments. I'm not saying they all fall in this category, but it is a common issue. With the demands on all students in extracurricular programs, it's important for the University to provide counseling, tutoring and other academic supports year-round.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 13, 2024 15:03:18 GMT -5
i never had any issues keeping my grades up when i was on the indoor and outdoor track teams. i mean, back in those days, mondays, wednesdays, and fridays were heavy class days for me (4 or 5 classes). but tuesdays and thursdays were always very light class days (1 or 2 classes "max") which gave me a lot of academic "flexibility". plus, i always took a class or two during "summer school" as well which lightened the academic burden for me during the fall and spring semesters when i was running track.
to me, it is very wise for athletes to attend "summer school" cuz they can substantially lighten their academic workloads during the semesters that they are athletically active...
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Post by saabman on Feb 13, 2024 19:41:10 GMT -5
i never had any issues keeping my grades up when i was on the indoor and outdoor track teams. i mean, back in those days, mondays, wednesdays, and fridays were heavy class days for me (4 or 5 classes). but tuesdays and thursdays were always very light class days (1 or 2 classes "max") which gave me a lot of academic "flexibility". plus, i always took a class or two during "summer school" as well which lightened the academic burden for me during the fall and spring semesters when i was running track. to me, it is very wise for athletes to attend "summer school" cuz they can substantially lighten their academic workloads during the semesters that they are athletically active... Exactly it's about how you structure your class workload. Good programs have counselors to assist their student athletes with their scheduling so that they will not be overburdened. But in the end it's the student athletes responsibility to focus on his or her academic progression.
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