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Originally Posted by PackerinMo
Yippee,Like James Caan said in "The Program" , "When was the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid perform a ****ing chemistry experiment" Win football games, now. Couldn't care less about academics.
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That's too bad. Players that are intelligent and able to perform in the classroom as well as on the field are a rare commodity. As such, the development of such athletes should be encouraged. Not only to create better student athletes, increase university prestige, etc. but from a football/coaching perspective, having smarter players generally allows you to be more creative and expand your playbook/philosophies. Working with dumb brutes who can't understand how to properly perform sight adjusts as an example, is a poor route to go down. While not every player is going to be a genius, ensuring that they are working academically also instills/builds discipline and prevents less opportunities for bad things to happen.