why should there be a minimum gpa for young athletes to play sports?
455218
because a person can only play sports for so long, but an education can get them a good job for their whole life.  Besides, there are way too many people who are allowed to float through school because they are the "star quarterback" or whatever
1138510
The biggest problem is that they can't recruit athletes that plan have professional aspirations because of the service committment after college. This was waived for outstanding players like David Robinson and Napoleon McCallum. And there are still other stories of players who have served their 2 or 4 years and still had decent careers later. But the majority of service academy players in all sports are not the best of the best, they are the best of the rest. \nPlus the size requirements make a difference. College football is full of 6'6'' 330lbs. offensive and defensive lineman, and you won't find any players like that at the service academys.\nBut at the same time, the service academys have good years from time to time. Air Force has played some very good football lately. Army's basketball teams had a decent season this year.
677114
The only ones who are allowed to participate are the ones who are already performing academically.  \n\nNo good grades, no play.  \n\nThis is as it should be.
19692
As young as possible. It gives them an athletic activity, it gives them competive spirit, they can start to realize the meaning of team work at a young age, can start to determine for themselves what they like and don't like.
714025
I would have to blame Minor League Baseball and the money that can be earned from signing a Minor League contract.   A lot of players opt to no go to college and sign the minor league contracts because they can make Millions guaranteed out of high school.  \n\nBecause the star power and talent level is diminished, the discrepancy in quality within college baseball is actually very startling between schools.  Some like how games are high scoring like 18-7 but the best games in all sports are close ones not blowouts.  There are a many schools who always remain baseball powerhouses while other schools consistently actually have little chance of ever fielding an elite team.  Thus, college baseball is not even nationally televised and even adds to a cyle of obscurity and lack of interest.  Not even the College World Series title game is televised anymore.\n\nBasketball and Football's "Minor League" is college athletics.  \n\nAgain, blame the Minors and the money that they have.
807688
a lot of folks don't finish in four without the rigors of playing football.  then again, a lot of players are in grad programs when they've got that 5th or 6th year.\n\nLook at it another way.  Player gets injured, out for the year first or second game in.  Is it fair for him to lose an ENTIRE year because he got hurt?  I know it happens, but that's why the extra years.
325889
Absolutely not.  Sure, athletes spend a great deal of time outside of school practicing; but so do musicians and actors and academic nerds.  No math team was ever excused from homework to prepare for a competition; no musician is excused from a test to play a gig; no thespians are allowed to slack to rehearse.  They all work just as hard as the athlete.\n\nIt's entirely possible. The captain of the track team at my school was also valedictorian; I'm rank 1 in my grade and I play varsity volleyball.  All students should be expected to perform well in classes, since, let's face it, most of them do extracurriculars anyway, and it's unfair to rank athletics as a more important extracurricular than any others.
191129
I know exactly what you are saying. It's always been this way. I think in many areas such as the area I live in, it's because of pride in the sports. It starts as early as youth football or little league and continues through high school. I've even seen parents from the same youth team fight until the police showed up. Seems for our high school having the "best" team is how our small area made it's mark. So, grades were pushed back as "not as important".
689870
No they shouldn't be allowed to play.  By allowing them to play the school, and their parents are telling them that knowledge isn't as important as winning a game.  Although many young people look to sports as a way to physically better themselves or even as a route to college they should not forego bettering themselves academically for the sake of playing.
705396
Listen to Chad Johnson...and that will tell you the minimum education level needed to play football.
758254
Here's one for you. No failing grade should be included in a GPA.\n\nWe all have many more things at which we do not excel than those at which we do. We tell young people to try, to experiment, but if they do and fail, we punish them by averaging an F into their GPA. If a GPA is supposed to be a measure of accomplishment, then no F should ever be included because an F means that nothing has been accomplished, you are going out with basically what you can in with. The only difference is that you tried. We should not be punishing students for trying.\n\nSchool appropriate and relevant I might add.
181051
No.  College is about education so you have to attend classes and get a certain grade point average to be on a college football or track team.
782168
The GPA of the US military is higher than that of the general population. You must have a minimal of a GED for the army the other branches much better many do not make the grade.
1103513
It's now 19 years old or at least 1 year out of high school. We're probably going to see a lot of players now leaving the collegiate level after freshman year just to keep their stock high. NBA feels that throwing 18 year olds fresh out of high school with huge contract and money decisions isn't professional for the NBA. So now players are kind of forced to go to college and get a feel of basketball life on the road and playing at high levels with other future NBA players.
139424
Athletics provide an outlet for America's Youth.  As I've always said, "Kids do stupid things when they're bored."  Athletics provides young people something to do, so they don't get in trouble and is especially important this day in age when most children are growing up in families where their parents are working jobs when they come home from school.  As mentioned, athletics does teach teamwork and discipline.  What has hurt athletics is that it has become less about the game and more about an investment.  If a young high school basketball player is great, he is looked at as an investment because he may have the potential to make millions in the NBA.  \nAlso young people are put under a tremendous amount of pressure because the potential to make millions of dollars.  The game is no longer played for fun, but is an opportunity to secure one's future.
466101
Everything the application asks for is important. They all usually have equal weighting, because they are looking for well-rounded individuals. For example, if they have only 1 spot left and must choose between someone with a 4.0 GPA and no extracurriculars, or someone with a 3.5 GPA but is a club officer and does volunteer work, they will probably go with the latter.
501861
I would say it's pretty much impossible, since the NCAA is kinda like the minor leagues of the NFL.  That's where the players get the experience of playing against top competition and the pool where the NFL teams pick their players from.  I think the rule now is that you have to have been removed from HS for at least three years before you are eligible for the draft.  Just look at what happened with Maurice Clarett after he pretty much got kicked out of Ohio State...