Generally speaking, that's what I would do. If I was a parent, I'd tell them to follow their gut although add that success on the field could potentially open many more doors than a slight difference in GPA. Either way it seems like this kid would do fine. A much more common scenario would involve a football player that is battling for a starting job but comes from a family that has never had a college graduate. Perhaps he was an above average student in high school (3.0) but is maintaining something around a 2.8 and needs to raise it to 3.0 for entrance into the Ourso College of Business and get a valuable degree. Add that he works part-time to support himself and it's just not possible to devote enough time to the classroom. In this situation, I'd try to gather as much information possible to give him to properly weigh all options.:thumb: LSU!
resume #1: Louisiana State University Bachelor of Science (Banking, petro-eng, etc) GPA 3.1 Football (Lettered 4 years, All-Conf hon-mention) resume #2: Louisiana State University Bachelor of Science (Banking, petro-eng, etc) GPA 4.0 okay so I threw in the Honorable mention All-Conference, either way, I'd say it's just as impressive for a guy/girl to maintain a 3.0+ GPA while still being a part of a D1 athletic program...people know the demands placed on these athletes and to me, it just adds that little extra shine to where if a job comes down to him or the guy who simply studied day in and day out to get the 4.0 GPA, the employer is gonna take the athlete.
I would recommend he either suck it up or reprioritize but I would then finish with: D) support of his decision. Actually this did happen to my son & I. He was at a D-1A school & he ended up "retiring" from football.
Just curious, what was the purpose of giving the history of the daughters. Is this because since they are so academically successful, it would be okay to have one kid concentrate only on athletics? Just wondering. These are the kind of decisions that define who a person is. I think you would have to go with option D and respect his decision.
I would respond in one of the following ways: 1.) Call Les Miles and complain my kid wasnt being given A's no matter what. 2.) Hire a smart person to go take tests for my son. 3.) Assuming my daughter was very smart have her do his work for him. 4.) All of the above :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
As someone who as recruited for major banks at several D1 colleges - both resumes would get you the initial inteview. In my experience, the person with resume #2 would get a second interview. Being involved in big time athletics teaches you so much more (life skills) than the average college experience. It is amazing how well rouded some of these D1 athletes are.
