🏈 HBO's Real Sports "attacking" the NCAA and football again. This time, it's on an academic front...

[TerryP]

...and, as I'm sure you've already though, it's not a good look. Reports have the piece covering OU, UNC, and Memphis.

A quick google search of "HBO Real Sports" will bring up several articles about the new piece from Bernie Goldberg who, in my opinion, tends to be a pretty straight-forward guy in his reports.

The first airing of this episode is tonight (Tuesday.) Also: March 26 (3:45 a.m.), 28 (9:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m.) and 29 (10:45 a.m., 12:45 a.m.), and April 3 (1:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m.), 6 (9:30 a.m.) and 9 (7:00 p.m., 1:30 a.m.). On HBO2: March 27 (5:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m.) and 31 (3:15 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), and April 2 (7:00 a.m.) and 13 (3:15 p.m., 11:00 p.m.). It will be available on HBO On Demand from March 26-April 14

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[musso]

And ESPN:

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<script src="http://player.espn.com/player.js?playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&adSetCode=91cDU6NuXTGKz3OdjOxFdAgJVtQcKJnI&pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&width=576&height=324&externalId=espn:10671809&thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true"></script>The sad thing is to see higher education debased and trivialized all in the name of "bread and circus." Everyone who has or seeks a college degree is hurt by college athletics. The value of college degrees has decreased while the expense of them has risen. While the NCAA can't be blamed solely for this phenomenon, it is nonetheless a part of the problem. It's time to admit that the NCAA is the way for the NFL to externalize the cost of developmental leagues upon taxpayers. It's time for the NFL to finally run its own minor league, pay them their market value, and return higher education to its rightful role in society.

 

[JoshB]

^^ Go away...

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

There are merits to what musso is saying. Academic goals have been marginalized for the sake of athletics across the board. From middle school to college. Playing of sports should require students to strive for high academic gain... not average or bairly passing. Too many young kids lose out on their long term goals b/c academics are sidelined for the alter of sports. All though some young men & women are motivated through sports to do better academically the reverse is that many more could've, shoul've done better b/c they are given a pass due to sports. Once they cannot make it on to higher learning, they are discarded like scraps from the table.