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The New York Times releases a hit piece against FSU
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:13 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:13 am
And it's pretty bad.
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quote:
Football Favoritism at F.S.U.: The Price One Teacher Paid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the Florida State University football team was marching to a national title in the fall of 2013, the school was investigating allegations of academic favoritism involving a half-dozen of its leading players, including one who scored the winning touchdown in the championship game.
The inquiry, previously unreported, stemmed from a complaint by a teaching assistant who said she felt pressured to give special breaks to athletes in online hospitality courses on coffee, tea and wine, where some handed in plagiarized work and disregarded assignments and quizzes. The assistant, a 47-year-old doctoral student named Christina Suggs, provided emails and other evidence in late August 2013 to the Florida State inspector general, an independent office. But her case was soon taken over by the university’s attorney.
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Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:16 am to RollTide1987
Those standing in the way of bama get targeted
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:17 am to RollTide1987
Athletes get special breaks from teachers and colleges?
What a shocking revelation
What a shocking revelation
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:19 am to wildtigercat93
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Athletes get special breaks from teachers and colleges
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:21 am to RollTide1987
quote:And we put these athletes on a pedestal here in the States.
in online hospitality courses on coffee, tea and wine
I mean, are you fricking kidding me? I know there will always be some bullshite filler classes, but hospitality classes on coffee, wine and tea? That's bad. Real bad.
Eta - I know these players aren't there for their academic prowess, but can we at least get some bullshite classes that at least look halfway legit?
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:25 am to saint tiger225
Let's not forget there was a woman who spent five years trying to get a DOCTORATE IN HOSPITALITY!
Duh frick?
Duh frick?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:25 am to wildtigercat93
quote:
Athletes get special breaks from teachers and colleges?
What a shocking revelation
Everyone knows this goes on but it's still a very bad look when the documentation is laid out like in the NYT. This isn't the first time this same issue has come up at FSU. Wasn't there an article where the teachers said they were scared of the players?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:27 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:Damn bruh, how do you know my ole lady?!
a woman who spent five years trying to get a DOCTORATE IN HOSPITALITY!
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 10:28 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:28 am to RollTide1987
The 47 year old coffee, tea and wine doctorate is just now realizing this is the way the world works?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:29 am to RollTide1987
They had to fudge grades for online classes in hospitality of coffee, tea and wine. Student athletes 
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:30 am to wildtigercat93
About 70% of players on a college football team aren't there for college. I've been around enough college athletes that it I know how broken the system is. All these guys have to do is go to class and they will pass.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:30 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:What the hell is this
DOCTORATE IN HOSPITALITY
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:34 am to OneMoreTime
I know a chick with masters in hospitality/hotel management
She actually does well, GM for one of the hotels in NOLA
She actually does well, GM for one of the hotels in NOLA
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:43 am to RollTide1987
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online hospitality courses on coffee, tea and wine, where some students handed in plagiarized work
I know these guys aren't there to play school but Jesus Christ.
Seems like taking the time to plagiarize that stuff is making it unnecessarily tough on yourself, as opposed to just making some bullshite up.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:47 am to RollTide1987
"Brazilian coffee is one of few places that has a carnival and the coffee place a major role just as much as the dancing and the food."
-Sentence from an FSU player's paper on coffee. This is what we call functionally illiterate.
-Sentence from an FSU player's paper on coffee. This is what we call functionally illiterate.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:56 am to RollTide1987
Every school should have a sports degree path for players. It is so disingenuous for anyone to think that the lionshare of kids are there for any other purpose.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 11:42 am to Dallasgrowl
Not true. Stanford does not have fake majors. Ditto Duke, Notre Dame, Rice, among others.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 11:45 am to Dallasgrowl
I think athletes (and other students) should be allowed to major in "Life".
Full courses about mortgages, credit scores, starting and running small businesses, tax codes, etc.
Full courses about mortgages, credit scores, starting and running small businesses, tax codes, etc.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 11:46 am to bayoujd
quote:
Not true. Stanford does not have fake majors. Ditto Duke, Notre Dame, Rice, among others.
Doubt it.
Vanderbilt for sure does. I know several former athletes from there that work at my company.
As does UVA and UNC (lol)
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 11:50 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 11:49 am to RollTide1987
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a 47-year-old doctoral student named Christina Suggs
sounds fat and entitled.
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