OT: Stetson Bennett was in school for six years and doesn't have a degree

[SouthernCuse]

Aw, c'mon man! I was a scholarship swimmer, actually didn't swim collegiately my first year, then went out as a walk-on, earned a scholarship eventually. The only thing I cared about was how fast I could get up and down the black line. Took 6.5 years, although I did take a semester off to swim for a coach I knew in Arizona, but he left to take a job in Iowa, and I didn't want to move there.

My undergraduate career consisted of an unofficial academic record of 5 consecutive years on academic probation, without getting thrown out of school. Rules were lax back then, and they couldn't figure out a guy who failed 'rocks for jocks' (I was tired after am workout, and skipped the final) but got an A in Markov chain statistics.

I finished with 4 degrees including a STEM Ph.D. so give us slow starting athletes a break!

 

[Newhouser]

I don't think many big time programs will take shots, as I'm sure many have players making similar academic progress.

 

[UnknownOrange]

what in the perry ellis-scottie reynolds-devaughn cooper is this

 

[rocklloyd]

There should be a way to punish the school/program. There should. Outside of anything currently on the books, and severe.

Isn’t there some sort of apr thing?

 

[storange]

bluto 7 years of college down the drain - Google Search

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[wfschrec]

Guess I’m the contrarian on this but who cares? He’s already a multi-millionaire with two national championships, having honed his profession through hard work in college at Georgia. That it didn’t yield a diploma doesn’t matter too much, does it? He can get that whenever he wants.

It's actually a sign of lack of discipline and based on the feedback of locals that seems par for the course with him. That is without considering the bonehead move before the draft that he pulled in Dallas. To answer the question around eligibility he did attend other schools and may not have credits transfer so in theory could he take the bare minimum credits needed to stay on the roster and not graduate?

 

[0.2 YNdeeR]

I get criticizing the system, but it’s certainly not a novel concept that teams work the system. I just don’t come to the conclusion that he’s an idiot or that he lost anythjng by not having a diploma. He worked the system and maximized his time there for his own benefit.

Lol

 

[Sudano]

Guess I’m the contrarian on this but who cares? He’s already a multi-millionaire with two national championships, having honed his profession through hard work in college at Georgia. That it didn’t yield a diploma doesn’t matter too much, does it? He can get that whenever he wants.

You do realize the entire foundation of all this is higher education and UGA being a university, right.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Well. He's an idiot.

I don't think anyone is even slightly suggesting he's an idiot.

Au contraire, mon amigo.

 

[Chip]

So he's living my life, except with national championships and girls who you're not afraid to be seen with.

I'm not going to judge.

Shame on all of you.

 

[Timonen]

It's actually a sign of lack of discipline and based on the feedback of locals that seems par for the course with him. That is without considering the bonehead move before the draft that he pulled in Dallas. To answer the question around eligibility he did attend other schools and may not have credits transfer so in theory could he take the bare minimum credits needed to stay on the roster and not graduate?

Lack of discipline or priorities that don’t align with what you want from the farcical notion of student athletes? He literally made millions in school, won two national titles and was drafted into the premier league where he can be a professional. How exactly are we going to paint that as anything but him making the absolute most of his opportunities? If he needs x credits to graduate for some (less important) life pursuit down the road, that’s achievable whenever he wants.

 

[Timonen]

You do realize the entire foundation of all this is higher education and UGA being a university, right.

You think that’s *really* the foundation of collegiate sports? It’s been a long time since that was a reality. But let’s say it is a reality - he achieved the heights of success at his chosen profession through the work he put in and the opportunities the university gave him. Is that out of line with why universities exist? Seems that’s more the point than a symbolic piece of paper.

 

[MSOrange]

It's actually a sign of lack of discipline and based on the feedback of locals that seems par for the course with him. That is without considering the bonehead move before the draft that he pulled in Dallas. To answer the question around eligibility he did attend other schools and may not have credits transfer so in theory could he take the bare minimum credits needed to stay on the roster and not graduate?

This is pretty close to what I was thinking. Even with great jobs that you love, there are always parts of it that you just hate, but you still have to do.

And if I was considering drafting Stetson, even if it ultimately didn't change the decision, it'd probably be one aspect I would consider before throwing a bunch of money at him.

 

[Timonen]

This is pretty close to what I was thinking. Even with great jobs that you love, there are always parts of it that you just hate, but you still have to do.

And if I was considering drafting Stetson, even if it ultimately didn't change the decision, it'd probably be one aspect I would consider before throwing a bunch of money at him.

If I’m thinking about drafting him, I see that he put everything aside to focus on his passion and primary interest - football - and succeeded beyond any expectation for someone of his size/pedigree. I see that five stars kept coming in and subsequently transferring out because they couldn’t compete with him. I see that his coaches and teammates LOVE him. That’s a pretty simple analysis, imo.

 

[CuseCactus]

I love this thread and I love this board. It's all a big scam. I wish I had gone to college for 6 years - why not?

When I was on the Hill - taking silly little Arts and Sciences courses like Rocks for Jocks - I never saw a single football or hoops player. Not a one. In four years. The only place I saw dudes like Daryl Johnston, Billy Owens or DC was at 44's - drunk. (Johnston had mean right hook, as an aside)

Wonder how many classes Fab Melo attended?

In any event - good for Stetson Bennett. With that name - he'll be governor one day. Who cares.

 

[dollarbill44]

How does one stay academically eligible?

Keep changing majors?

 

[dollarbill44]

I don't think anyone is even slightly suggesting he's an idiot.

I think you're projecting a little. Without knowing any other facts, I am a heavy lean towards him being an idiot.

 

[dollarbill44]

I love this thread and I love this board. It's all a big scam. I wish I had gone to college for 6 years - why not?

When I was on the Hill - taking silly little Arts and Sciences courses like Rocks for Jocks - I never saw a single football or hoops player. Not a one. In four years. The only place I saw dudes like Daryl Johnston, Billy Owens or DC was at 44's - drunk. (Johnston had mean right hook, as an aside)

Wonder how many classes Fab Melo attended?

In any event - good for Stetson Bennett. With that name - he'll be governor one day. Who cares.

44s wasn't around when DJ was at SU as a student (your point is taken, however).
To be fair, I had a similar attendance record in a bunch of classes. I would figure out which ones I needed to attend and which ones I didn't. I got an A in a Labor Econ class while only showing up for the first class, the mid-term, presentation day and the final. I also went to the exam study guide sessions. When I gave my presentation, a guy I knew in the class said, "I thought you dropped this class after the mid-term".
Another guy I knew was so pissed that I got a better grade than him in adolescent psychology because I never went to the lectures and he went to all of the 8:30 M-W- lectures.
I got stung a few times too using this strategy, like the time my calculus teacher moved one of the exams up a class. I showed up thinking it was the study sesh and it was the exam.

 

[wfschrec]

If I’m thinking about drafting him, I see that he put everything aside to focus on his passion and primary interest - football - and succeeded beyond any expectation for someone of his size/pedigree. I see that five stars kept coming in and subsequently transferring out because they couldn’t compete with him. I see that his coaches and teammates LOVE him. That’s a pretty simple analysis, imo.

Ask some folks that work business in that area what they think of him I'll think you'll be surprised.

 

[Finwad32]

Don’t hate the playa, hate the game… Stetson wasn’t at Georgia to be a scholar, he was there to spin the gd rock.

And whether it aligns with our values or not really doesn’t matter because it clearly wasn’t policed or pertinent.

In the immortal words of Sam Winters, “When’s the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?”

 

[JustPherU]

Haters going to hate, but most of us would love to be in his shoes.Just win baby.

 

[skeeter223]

My wife thinks he probably changed his major from something like Athletic Field Design to Nuclear Engineering and had a lot of make up work to do.

 

[Scooch]

Haters going to hate, but most of us would love to be in his shoes.Just win baby.

His shoes would be wayyyy too big for me.

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[wfschrec]

Don’t hate the playa, hate the game… Stetson wasn’t at Georgia to be a scholar, he was there to spin the gd rock.

And whether it aligns with our values or not really doesn’t matter because it clearly wasn’t policed or pertinent.

In the immortal words of Sam Winters, “When’s the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?”

You could say the same for Jalen Carter who had people throwing around character issues (yes this was before the accident) yet nary a whisper about Bennett and his character issues. We see him as being brought there to "spin the rock" but he came as a walk on first .. hell he wasn't even announced the starter the first national title season right out of the gate. Knowing you don't even have a football scholly shouldn't at least getting a degree be a point of emphasis? Bear in mind he was either at another school .. CC or had walk on status his first 4 years of education.

 

[Timonen]

You could say the same for Jalen Carter who had people throwing around character issues (yes this was before the accident) yet nary a whisper about Bennett and his character issues. We see him as being brought there to "spin the rock" but he came as a walk on first .. hell he wasn't even announced the starter the first national title season right out of the gate. Knowing you don't even have a football scholly shouldn't at least getting a degree be a point of emphasis? Bear in mind he was either at another school .. CC or had walk on status his first 4 years of education.

Maybe after the first national title it was de-emphasized? I don’t project should or shouldn’t for others, especially if their plan is legal/working/lucrative.