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What is the difference in BIG12/SEC academi standards for athletes

Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:11 pm
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
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Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:11 pm
Can't find a clear answer. From what I understood, it was harder for an athlete to qualify for an SEC sport than a BIG12 sport.

NOTE: I understand that UT is a great institution. Much better than almost all SEC schools (academically speaking). But, why does that matter for athletics? Don't we have a higher academic qualification standard than the BIG12? I know a number of recruits who couldn't get into SEC schools had to go to the BIG12 for these reasons.

Maybe this is wrong. I've tried to do some research but it's convoluted bs. maybe someone can clear things up.

Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:11 pm to
the SEC requires an additional math or something

see: phil loadholt
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:16 pm to
That's about all I could find too. And some other crap about non qualifiers.
Posted by Carlos Santannaclaus
Houston
Member since Jan 2008
3272 posts
Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:21 pm to
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And some other crap about non qualifiers


I read something that the Big 12 was only allowed 4 partial qualifiers in a year, 2 men and 2 women. And only one per sport. And no non-qualifiers.

I had to find out just what that meant, though. Apparently, if an athlete has either a substandard GPA or SAT/ACT score, he's a partial qualifier. If he's substandard in both, he's a non-qualifier.

There's probably other ways to get around it, though, and the amount of effort schools put into it would be directly proportional to the athletic ability of the individual. A five-star prospect would get a lot of attention. A two star, something less.
Posted by arrakis
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 6/13/10 at 2:26 pm to
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There's probably other ways to get around it, though, and the amount of effort schools put into it would be directly proportional to the athletic ability of the individual. A five-star prospect would get a lot of attention. A two star, something less.

I need to find some pictures of UT's Dumb U Bldg they recently opened for their athletes. Very impressive and very much needed. The ones I saw were of the "tutoring center" where the athletes get the extra academic attention. It looks like they were reading "See Spot, see Spot run" in the photo

ETA: UT Rocket Scientist is suspect in bar fight
This post was edited on 6/13/10 at 2:29 pm
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