re: College athletes that can't read?

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It would totally change college football as it stands but probably needs to be done. No one is actually buying the "student athlete" myth anymore.

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This is probably true for most student athletes, particularly in the major sports like football, baseball, and basketball.

But I'd have to imagine it's less prevalent in the smaller sports that aren't big money sports. Just a guess.

FWIW I've met a few student athletes in my day that were legit student athletes. Ronald Dupree was in my electronics 2 class in EE and had excellent attendance. You don't make it to that class without running through a pretty tough group of weed out classes. So there are certainly exceptions to the rule.