Started By
Message
locked post

Has anyone that can run a 4.4 40 ever been denied admission to a SEC school??

Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:36 pm
Posted by JDGTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2020
650 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:36 pm
All this equity stuff being crammed down our throats today by ESPN coverage of these football games seems pretty hypocritical to me.

Does anyone think the same academic admission standards applies to the top athletes that applies to average high school graduate??

Do they read the ACT--wink, wink--to the average LSU applicant so they can get in?

When these announcers and advertisements talk about equality are they ready to have equality in admission standards??? (of course they would be for dumbing them down.)

I have about had my belly full of these privileged athletes lecturing us all on equality as if we are all racists.

What's next? Will TAF ask for contributions based on race?
This post was edited on 1/1/21 at 4:39 pm
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
59257 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:37 pm to
plenty of guys don't qualify
Posted by LCA131
Home of the Fake Sig lines
Member since Feb 2008
76689 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:37 pm to
Sure, if they're academics were not up to snuff!

Oh, who am I kidding, I can't even say that with a straight face.
This post was edited on 1/1/21 at 4:38 pm
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
41700 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:38 pm to
I ran 4.5 but LSU still let me in.
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

they're academics


Facepalm
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129710 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:39 pm to
SFP
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103177 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:39 pm to
The SEC school admitting them is separate from meeting basic NCAA requirements academically and going through the clearinghouse.

A lot of athletic kids didn’t go anywhere because they did frick-all in the classroom and couldn’t qualify. These are the kinds of kids being recruited to D-II schools which are basically Vo-Tecs with athletic programs.
Posted by JDGTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2020
650 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:41 pm to
Name one premier recruit--5 star--denied admissions to a SEC school because of academics.

It may be happening but I doubt it.

Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49344 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:41 pm to
I can’t even run a mile in 15 minutes.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
14887 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:41 pm to
Maybe Vandy??
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103177 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:45 pm to
I’m spacing on the name but Southern Miss ended up with a 5* WR back around the Larry Fedora days in part because he was such an academic risk IIRC.

Not sure if he outright got rejected by Bama et all but a 5* at USM is extremely rare.
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
42530 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:46 pm to
Pooka?
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
58746 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:47 pm to
Even me at 6'4" 235 lbs

Ran a 4.39 and got in pretty easily
Posted by Grahamala83
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
82 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:48 pm to
I think it was deandre brown
Posted by Sterling Archer
Member since Aug 2012
8258 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:48 pm to
Deandre something? Tall kid
Posted by Grahamala83
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
82 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:50 pm to
It was DeAndre brown
Posted by Grahamala83
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
82 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:52 pm to


He committed to uscjr
This post was edited on 1/1/21 at 4:53 pm
Posted by JDGTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2020
650 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:53 pm to
NCAA minimum requirements are a LOT lower than LSU's typical minimum requirement.

I suspect but do not know that LSU allows premier athletes in if they meet the NCAA requirements even though they do not meet typical LSU requirements.

Is there equality in that???
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek, Ca
Member since Jul 2020
5524 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

plenty of guys don't qualify


Yeah, but even at schools like Stanford and Harvard, they sharply lower the standards for athletes.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 1/1/21 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

Name one premier recruit--5 star--denied admissions to a SEC school because of academics.


5 star athletes are probably given 5 star "help" in high school to make sure they have the necessary grades.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram