Aggies hoops... cheaters, and not very bright

[SA_Gunslinger]

I'm sure A & M is not the only school guilty of this, but they are the only ones being exposed on cable tv for it.


OUCH!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUvtaBhWbO4

 

[calico]

:laugh2:
I saw this lastnight and the typical ag response was that everyone does it.

:laugh1:

 

[The30YardSlant]

Antoine Wright is a grade A piece of . Not only did he throw out allegations for which he has no proof of and will not face any kind of reprocutions from should they be true, but he threw his coach, university, and worst of all, his fellow teammates under the bus. Saying things like "none of them would have made it in had they not been athletes" is not only asinine, but blatantly false.

Chris Walker was a walk-on who played 3 years with no athletic scholorship whatsoever. He graduated with honors.

Acie Law is a Big 12 All-academic athlete who will graduate with honors

Joseph Jones has finished his degree requirements in just 3 years and will graduate with honors next year (if he stays for his senior year, which he claims he will)

Josh Carter was a member of the national honor society in high school and graduated in the top 5% of his class

And that's just the start. All these guys could have easily gotton into A&M, UT, Tech, etc. without being stellar athletes.

Just because Wright was too lazy to actually apply and better himself in an enviroment that most kids only dream of, an enviroment in which he was given a free ride through, doesnt mean he has the right to insult the education of every Aggie athlete to ever come through here. Sounds to me like he just has an axe to grind over something.

 

[The30YardSlant]

:laugh2:
I saw this lastnight and the typical ag response was that everyone does it.

:laugh1:

Not to play Devil's Advocate here, but everyone DOES do it.

You really think Kevin Durant is receiving that 3.5 GPA of his in biochemistry?

 

[The30YardSlant]

And just for the record, Wright has no proof of any of this. For all we know, those "test answers" are the previous tests that all professors from every university give their students to study for upcoming exams. I think he's proven that he is about as bright as a 2 watt lightbulb at the bottom of the ocean.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

HH, i actually agree with you for a change.

you're naive if you think this doesn't go on EVERYWHERE.


that said, this is the kinda thing that kills your recruiting.


It may happen at Texas but I'm glad T.J. Ford isn't the one on tv saying so.

 

[The30YardSlant]

HH, i actually agree with you for a change.

you're naive if you think this doesn't go on EVERYWHERE.


that said, this is the kinda thing that kills your recruiting.


It may happen at Texas but I'm glad T.J. Ford isn't the one on tv saying so.

At first I was worried about the NCAA coming down with something, but after hearing the actual conversation, it's really just a whole lotta nothing. Some former athlete claims he got "help", then roughly outlines said help

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

At first I was worried about the NCAA coming down with something, but after hearing the actual conversation, it's really just a whole lotta nothing. Some former athlete claims he got "help", then roughly outlines said help

i don't mean in the form of penalties.

i mean in the form of some kid and his parents saying....."oh, you're not going to that school."

 

[The30YardSlant]

i don't mean in the form of penalties.

i mean in the form of some kid and his parents saying....."oh, you're not going to that school."

If that were the case, Miami and OU would never get top notch recruits

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Antoine Wright is a grade A piece of chit. Not only did he throw out allegations for which he has no proof of and will not face any kind of reprocutions from should they be true, but he threw his coach, university, and worst of all, his fellow teammates under the bus. Saying things like "none of them would have made it in had they not been athletes" is not only asinine, but blatantly false.

Chris Walker was a walk-on who played 3 years with no athletic scholorship whatsoever. He graduated with honors.

Acie Law is a Big 12 All-academic athlete who will graduate with honors

Joseph Jones has finished his degree requirements in just 3 years and will graduate with honors next year (if he stays for his senior year, which he claims he will)

Josh Carter was a member of the national honor society in high school and graduated in the top 5% of his class

And that's just the start. All these guys could have easily gotton into A&M, UT, Tech, etc. without being stellar athletes.

Just because Wright was too lazy to actually apply and better himself in an enviroment that most kids only dream of, an enviroment in which he was given a free ride through, doesnt mean he has the right to insult the education of every Aggie athlete to ever come through here. Sounds to me like he just has an axe to grind over something.

Not to play Devil's Advocate here, but everyone DOES do it.

You really think Kevin Durant is receiving that 3.5 GPA of his in biochemistry?

You have aspirations in Political world do ya HH? At least pick a side of the fence and stay on it for 3-4 posts before jumping sides, huh?

 

[The30YardSlant]

You have aspirations in Political world do ya HH? At least pick a side of the fence and stay on it for 3-4 posts before jumping sides, huh?

There's a difference between saying players take easier classes and saying they are stupid, just like there is a difference between "help" and "cheating"

If you are going to be making millions in the pros one day, like Law, Durant, Jones, etc. will be, would you be taking an 18 hour course load with advanced claases? Hell no. That doesnt mean they are stupid, it can inflate their GPAs, but it doesnt make them stupid, as Wright eluded to

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I will say that I agree that this happens all the time.

HOWEVER

I do have to laugh because I know if this was a story on Texas or Tech you would be going on and on about it.

 

[jimmy40]

I'm sure A & M is not the only school guilty of this, but they are the only ones being exposed on cable tv for it.


OUCH!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUvtaBhWbO4

I should have read this thread before posting this in the other one.

one of the guys that works for me has a freshman poultry science (I think) class with Law and said he sleeps while his personal note taker chick takes notes for him. Just a normal day for a college athlete I guess.

 

[jimmy40]

Antoine Wright is a grade A piece of .

says HH as he puts his Antoine Wright jersey towards the back of his closet.

 

[The30YardSlant]

says HH as he puts his Antoine Wright jersey towards the back of his closet.

I don't own any individual A&M jerseys, especially not Wright's.

I've met Wright before. He's very personable and funny, and a great athlete no doubt, but he also thought he was God's gift to collegiant athletics. He is one of those people who feels entitled to anything and everything simply because they are great athletes.

 

[The30YardSlant]

I should have read this thread before posting this in the other one.

one of the guys that works for me has a freshman poultry science (I think) class with Law and said he sleeps while his personal note taker chick takes notes for him. Just a normal day for a college athlete I guess.

And Kevin Durant's most difficult class at Texas is Ceramics 101, what's your point?

Law and Durant are a few months away from receiving millions in signing bonuses and endorsements from the NBA. Why would they take difficult classes? Especially in Law's case since he had the required hours to graduate by Christmas break this year? Poultry science is a blowoff course for Agcriculture majors who have finished their degree plan. Some freshmen take it early because they think it will somehow help them in that field, when in fact it's just an easy A with little substance.

 

[jimmy40]

And Kevin Durant's most difficult class at Texas is Ceramics 101, what's your point?

Law and Durant are a few months away from receiving millions in signing bonuses and endorsements from the NBA. Why would they take difficult classes? Especially in Law's case since he had the required hours to graduate by Christmas break this year? Poultry science is a blowoff course for Agcriculture majors who have finished their degree plan. Some freshmen take it early because they think it will somehow help them in that field, when in fact it's just an easy A with little substance.

don't get you're panties in a wad. damn, I said it's life of a college athlete, not just an a&m athlete. looks like you KNOW Wright is right on the money with everything he said and the truth hurts.

 

[The30YardSlant]

don't get you're panties in a wad. damn, I said it's life of a college athlete, not just an a&m athlete. looks like you KNOW Wright is right on the money with everything he said and the truth hurts.

What?

Wright said that he and others cheated routinely and that most athletes couldnt get into A&M regularly, which couldnt be further from the truth. That is the case for some athletes, but certainly not all. People forget that athletes still have SOME academic requirements to get in.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Poultry science is a blowoff course for Agcriculture majors who have finished their degree plan. Some freshmen take it early because they think it will somehow help them in that field,

Really, I always assumed at a&m, that was a pre-marriage counseling course?

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[The30YardSlant]

Really, I always assumed at a&m, that was a pre-marriage counseling course?

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First of all, we screw sheep down here in College Station, not chickens. Get it right.

Second, even had you used the reference correctly, it would have still lacked humor.