re: Sat on airplane with professor from U of Alabama

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Most faculty members at any college know little or nothing about sports. There are exceptions but it's generally true.

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And most of them don't see the players enrolled in their classes...

I thought it funny when I was at USM the attitude of the athletes in classes. Dr. Bill Cliburn told one of them in one of his Biology classes that the grade is made by performance in the classroom, not on the field--that he should not expect any privileges for playing. I don't believe I ever saw that student again. When I taught a student (baseball player) at South Alabama (Educational Computing Class), I allowed him to send his stuff in, but he was required to be in class when he was not out playing baseball. He did the work and made a passing grade.