UO, UW Among the Schools to Reward Good Grades for Athletes

[30Duck]

With the "academic prowess" at UW, won't this wipe them out?

 

 

Only 22 of 130 NCAA FBS-level schools say they have plans to provide allowed academic bonus payments to athletes this year

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With colleges allowed to pay each of their athletes up to $5,980 per year as a reward for academic performance, only 22 of 130...

 

[Charles Fischer]

Look....I think this is GREAT, as it is rewarding the true "Student-Athlete" and will pay the equivalent of $500.00 a month which can help with extra food and things an athlete needs.  This is another example along with what Adidas has announced that can help take the pressure off of the need to pay so much NIL to a player.  Thus, the calamitous things feared may not be as bad when these and other development emerge over time.

[Duck 1972]

Don't they still have the incentive of not being able to play if they don't keep their grades up and the team looses scholarships are recruiting visits?

[Steven A]

I sure hope this isn't North Carolina 2.0

[Guest Axel]

We understand that Huskies are not the smartest of canine breeds—and even that phony baloney dog-whisperer guy would agree. Correspondingly, Husky football players are not the smartest breed of human, because only a fraternity of morons would choose to play for a lunatic fan base that wears that putrid shade of purple, consumes rotgut bourbon by the pint glass, and heaps psychotic abuse on Our Beloved Ducks.

 

The University of Washington, in a desperate attempt to keep its dopey players academically eligible, is rewarding them monetarily--up to an annual maximum of $5,980—just for passing bonehead courses like History of Rain, Pronouns for Sasquatch, and Whittling 101.

 

Best as we can tell, no Husky will come remotely close to earning a maximum dollar reward--$3 per player sounds about right—so we think that the ungifted balance of their reward dollars should be funneled directly to the pockets of University of Oregon football players, the acknowledged masters of academic prowess.

 

We are not hard-hearted and we believe that Husky players should receive some sort of ancillary compensation. This would include mandatory rabies shots, high-tech ID implants to keep those mangy scoundrels in line, and free euthanasia in case of distemper.

Edited April 7, 2022 by Axel

[Haywarduck]

On 4/7/2022 at 8:15 AM, Axel said:

 

The University of Washington, in a desperate attempt to keep its dopey players academically eligible, is rewarding them monetarily--up to an annual maximum of $5,980—just for passing bonehead courses like History of Rain, Pronouns for Sasquatch, and Whittling 101.

 

Don't forget the course on 'The Boys in the Boat' now open to the football team as the movie is coming out, reading no longer required. Also the study of purple characters on the big screen including Barnie, Boo in Monsters Inc., and of course Tinky Winky in Teletubbies. The final includes which character do you identify with and why.