07-09-2015, 11:53 AM
In all seriousness, can a high academic-minded football player "be all he can be" in the Oregon football culture?Â
I've always believed anyone can succeed in college no matter where they go provided they put as much effort into school as sports. But I really wonder if Oregon is so over the top with the priority it puts on sports, if the culture has a way of pulling kids away from taking school as seriously as they might in other environments.Â
Ergo, if Winston really is serious about school, would he be better off at Stanford just from a cultural and environmental standpoint because he'd be in a culture and around peers that really do prioritize school?
Or is the reality that Stanford players take "soft majors" like ST&S because they too really want to focus on sports, and they choose Stanford knowing that having a Stanford degree gives them a leg up on everyone else after sports are over?
Feel free to move this to another board, as this is another "going off the rails" topic in the class of 2016 thread!
I've always believed anyone can succeed in college no matter where they go provided they put as much effort into school as sports. But I really wonder if Oregon is so over the top with the priority it puts on sports, if the culture has a way of pulling kids away from taking school as seriously as they might in other environments.Â
Ergo, if Winston really is serious about school, would he be better off at Stanford just from a cultural and environmental standpoint because he'd be in a culture and around peers that really do prioritize school?
Or is the reality that Stanford players take "soft majors" like ST&S because they too really want to focus on sports, and they choose Stanford knowing that having a Stanford degree gives them a leg up on everyone else after sports are over?
Feel free to move this to another board, as this is another "going off the rails" topic in the class of 2016 thread!