couple of things it is getting tiring having the media gosh over any of these kids that can speak perfect English as intelligent smart etc etc. That may very well be true of Williams, his mama is a rocket scientist so I am sure there is a premium on education in his upbringing. Can we just leave this at he is well educated?
Also, basketball is not about being well educated. Danny wants to win, you better get some ballers on the team. Keep drafting for articulate and education instead of basketball skills and you will be like Butler.
He passed on Harvard and Yale. He IS smart kid. That’s not a bad thing. And while smart off the court doesn’t necessarily equal high basketball IQ, indications are that Williams is actually both.
You don’t have to be a genius to get into Harvard or Yale for basketball
The kid is smart tho. No doubt.
The academic admission standards for Ivy League athletes is tougher than other academically recognized schools such as Duke, Georgetown or Notre Dame.
There are no athletic scholarships to play for Ivy League schools. You have to be admitted into the school based on your academics. Almost all other Division 1 schools will allow their admissions standards to be lowered for athletes on scholarships. Some don't but the vast majority do.
It's true that Ivy league schools don't offer athletic scholarships...officially. It is also true that Ivy league schools have lots of funding options and as a matter of course find money to cover the tuition of their student athletes. It is not labeled as an athletic scholarship, but the tuition is covered. It is also true that student athletes at Ivy league schools are not held to the same standard academically as the rest of the student body when it comes to admission. This is not a guess on my part, I work in education and have worked at an Ivy league university and with high school seniors, including athletes. Athletes get admitted to Ivy league schools with academic records far less impressive than regular students, and this is for sports like crew, squash, and sailing, it is even more true for big time sports like football and basketball.
Nowhere near the extent of other schools. Those athletes let into Ivy League schools are usually, still very impressive students. Those athletes aren't one and done athletes, or in the case of football, three and done . They are expected to be there 4 years and to graduate. Ivy League schools have a 97% graduation rate. Clearly, the athletes at these schools are top notch students as well.
Fair point, they are still solid students, and some are legit Ivy level in their academics, but most are well below their Ivy peers.
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