Colorado Technical University

Why is NCAA not taking action on dim-witted LSU offers basic mathematic course for 1st yr freshman?

NCAA Division 1-A schools offer calculus course for 1st yr freshman. Only community college offers basic mathematic course. According to USAToday, LSU freshman have a hard time passing high school algebra. NCAA needs to take action and not face embrassment of including poor academic university playing in the elite Division 1-A

Public Comments

1. A graduate from LSU, a graduate from Tulane and a pig were in the hospital waiting room, each awaiting the birth of his first child. Suddenly, the lights went out. Fortunately, power was restored shortly thereafter and the head nurse made her way to the waiting room. "I've got good news and bad news, gentlemen and pig," she announced. "Despite the electrical outage, two healthy boys and one healthy piglet have been delivered. However, since the lights went out at the most inopportune time, we aren't sure which first-born belongs to whom. The only way we know to resolve the problem is to draw straws and have the winner choose first." The three proud papas agreed and the LSU grad won the drawing. He was escorted into the delivery room and looked at the three newborns for a painstakingly long time. Finally, with head bowed, he scooped up the piglet and headed for the door. "Sir, are you quite certain that you've made the right choice," the nurse asked. "No, I'm not," replied the Tiger grad. "But I just couldn't run the risk of ending up with the Tulane kid."
2. At least they are trying to offer an education instead of just 'pushing' the athletes through their classes. Which is how I suspect they got to collage without being able to do basic math in the first place. I commend them for not only acknowledging that a problem exists, but for addressing and hopefully fixing it as well.
3. You're an idiot. most D1 colleges that have liberal arts programs have a basic math course for non-technical majors. I garauntee you every single D1 powerhouse (and a number of 1AA powerhouses for that matter) has a bunch of kids that have no place being in college. A Notre Dame cornerback that i know personally got a 450 SAT the first time he took it. He had to re-take it 7 times to get to the NCAA minimum score. Tell me with a honest look on your face that Reggie Bush passed ALL of his classes in college. Tell me Vince Young's dumb ass wasn't pushed through classes by teachers so he could play. I'm not an LSU fan, but if you're going to make a judgement against them, you need to look at the academic problems across the board. Maybe everyone should take a page from Stanfords book. Recruit intelligent kids and out smart the powerhouses.
4. LOL....LSU hater, yes?
5. One of our good defensive players is out this season for academic reasons(Ricky Jean-Francois). If they didnt care about academics, he would be on the field. If he was at USC he would not only be pushed thru the academic process, they would probably even give him a pay raise.
6. Well unfortunately things go unnoticed or under the radar for many years, kind of like Reggie Bush's pay grade when he attended USC. I hope you're a foreigner, because your English is terrible. Good luck graduating high school.
7. You again Austin N. Can't you come up with something better than this.
8. LSU is dim-witted Fight ON!! Root for USC
9. Four year schools and community colleges alike offer calculus. So what? Not everyone takes calculus. Some people need to take no-credit classes to build up to the required math (what little most liberal arts majors require). Some are geniuses with writing, history, or whatever, but really lack math abilities. So what? That is at every school. Some engineering or math majors who finished all calculus classes before graduating high school really struggle in freshman English. Again, so what?
10. If you think LSU is the only D1 program that has that kind of stuff going on, you're sadly mistaken. Almost every college football powerhouse has guys taking basket weaving or some junk like that as a major just to keep them eleigible to play football on Saturdays. Schools don't recruit those guys to help them get a college education, they get recruited to help win big time bowl games and earn the school athletic prestige and money. They'll put 'em in any classes necessary to make sure they keep the NCAA minimum GPA.