Officials at major universities can say they treat academics and athletics with the same vigor. Just not with a straight face.
An Associated Press review found dozens of schools where special rules lowered the admissions threshold to let in star athletes, but those rules helped few others. That, despite the NCAAâ??s requirement that the same opportunities be given to students with other talents.
Sadly, itâ??s hard to imagine weâ??ll ever again get to the point where football and basketball players are expected to earn the same SAT scores as other prospective students. But, if the NCAA insists on handing out special privileges, it should at least hand them out evenly.