Orange D-line starter joins Williams an an academic casualty

By Darrell Laurant  |   Wednesday, July 02, 2008  |  Comments( 1 )

 Syracuse Orange
Syracuse University's football team, which surrendered 54 sacks in 2007 season, has already suffered two in 2008. Of course, Mike Williams and Brandon Gilbeaux weren't sacked by the opposition, but by the university itself. A few weeks after star wide receiver Williams became an academic casualty for the 2008 season, the 6-foot-3, 271-pound...
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 No.1
 09:01 AM
07/02/2008
DID anyone see this coming sooner? College athletes have a tough job keeping grades up and dedicating to the sport. Baseball travels how many games a year?
This kids need to maintain academic standards however with hours and hours a day practice some year rond it's hard to imagine these stdent athletes get the same classroom instruction as normal students.
Some school have traveling tutors I can name one I know for a fact that does not,
Should they be kicked out for not maintaining academics?
IS allowing players to dedicate more time to protecting grades or summer classes the way to go?
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