[FarmBoy]

82lsju - i think the actual Kal party line on this goes something like "unlike some country club schools, our classes are rigorous and the grades have to be earned. this is just a sign of how academically challenging Kal is to the rest of the Pac12." Nevermind that doesn't explain why the football program isn't required to compensate for the difficulty of its classes by holding recruits to a high academic standard.

Kal fans laughed when one top recruit, Shaq Thompson iirc, mentioned the academics of UW as a main reason for choosing the Huskies over the B.ears. They ridiculed the idea that a UW degree was more prestigious to a Kal degree. The real question is whether a 70-80% chance of a UW degree is more valuable than a ~50% chance of attaining a Kal degree.

It's incredibly cynical, bordering on exploitation, to recruit and sign a bunch of players to your program who you know have little chance of actually graduating with a degree.

[FarmBoy]

82lsju - i think the actual Kal party line on this goes something like "unlike some country club schools, our classes are rigorous and the grades have to be earned. this is just a sign of how academically challenging Kal is to the rest of the Pac12." Nevermind that doesn't explain why the football program isn't required to compensate for the difficulty of its classes by holding recruits to a high academic standard.

Kal fans laughed when one top recruit, Shaq Thompson iirc, mentioned the academics of UW as a main reason for choosing the Huskies over the B.ears. They ridiculed the idea that a UW degree was more prestigious to a Kal degree. The real question is whether a 70-80% chance of a UW degree is more valuable than a ~50% chance of attaining a Kal degree.

It's incredibly cynical, bordering on exploitation, to recruit and sign a bunch of players to your program who you know have little chance of actually graduating with a degree.