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Ireland's Lost NCAA Athlete's- Dead End Or New Beginning

  • 22-10-2017 7:11pm
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    El Caballo
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    Thought this was an interesting piece from IOR over the weekend. Many people are critical of the NCAA system and it's propensity to burn out athletes, I've had those thoughts on the matter at times as well though probably through the skewed bias of looking at the Irish people who venture across the Atlantic on scholarships as athletes only. Thought IOR done a great job on this one as a remedy to those notions. For many, The odds of turning pro after College are tiny but the rewards of getting a scholarship to an NCAA college are huge even if many never get to make it in the pro-ranks.

    Even though I still think the system for athletes is wrong and favours quick results, this probably offers another perspective of what it does offer and the sheer amount of investment it contributes to Irish Athletics.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/where-are-they-now-ireland-s-lost-scholarship-athletes-1.3263469?mode=amp


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    Murph_D
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    Totally agree. Education first. Much more likely to be a long-term benefit. Mind you the piece is short on actual evidence - a few stellar examples of successful neuroscientists, coaches. Would love to see more data though. Hopefully most of these athletes actually graduate. And if so, that's a win.


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