Originally Posted by NCkevi
Then they shouldn't be representing the university - might as well create a minor league system and eliminate basketball on the college level
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I agree, that would be perfectly fine with me.
They do not represent the university now, and they have not represented the U for a long time now. These guys are not really students. Majoring in General Studies? Give me a break.
We can still call the Dayton minor league basketball team the University of Dayton Flyers. The U will just be the team owner.
It is totally unrealistic to expect these guys to be students. If you have ever played a university-sponsored sport in college, the time demands on the athletes are outrageous: games, travel, media interviews, community-outreach events, team practices, classes, studying, weight-lifting, running/conditioning, etc.
There is very little time off. Little time to socialize like a regular student. Little time to make any spending money working a job. The spending money part of the problem might have been solved a couple years ago when the true cost of attendance scholarship was introduced.