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Yes, a good mix of majors there.

Laying here in the hospital since Monday after having both knees replaced the staff can't get it figured out that some of us go to bed at midnight to one and wake up at 6. When I'm 93 in 2050 they'll still be telling us less than 8 hours will shorten your life significantly

I have a few thoughts, even though I'm coming at this late.

1. I have hired folks with a BSS degree. I also interviewed one woman who played basketball at a very good program and had a BSS degree. She explained that the BSS degree allowed her to take the classes she wanted and have more flexibility with her class schedule. She was very smart and I would have hired her except that someone else beat me to the punch.

2. I'm not saying that no athletes choose BSS so they can have it easy. I'm sure some do. But I think many are doing it for the same reason she did. They can create a schedule that works for them. They aren't taking easier classes but they may be subbing a couple classes in the regular major for a similar class that fits their schedule better. I think that's a pretty smart strategy.

3. There seems to be a belief here that online classes at OU are provided by some third party. Things may have changed but when I was at OU the online classes were taught by OU Professors and had the same requirements as the in-person classes. They were not easier. If anything they were more difficult because you had to be more self-motivated.

Didn't realize you were an Atlantic guy.

Just curious - does that give cred or reduce it?

Admitting to preferring the drudge report, or info wards certainly doesn't improve your credibility.

Yes, he did. He has been out to gouge me for a while. I think we disagreed on something minor, so he follows all of my post. OU Country is alright with me though.

Last week the National Wrestling Coaches Association came out with their All- Academic teams and individuals.

Their methodology is somewhat suspect,given the fact that Kent State came out number 2 in the nation.

What was interesting was the majors of individual wrestlers.

The majors of wrestlers from schools like Harvard,Stanford,Lehigh,etc., were pretty much as you'd expect, Engineering,Economics,Business or similar fields.

Schools like OSU,Iowa and other wrestling havens had somewhat less rigorous majors like Sports and Recreation Management,Sport Industry,Coaching Science,Positive Coaching(MEd),and Athletic Leadership(MA).

Since "titles" can be misleading,I looked up some of the curricula.
Not exactly academically rigorous.

These majors were a bit surprising,given that fact that,unlike football and basketball,there is no pro career after college.

Guess some guys just want make sure they get in their 4 years of wrestling and trying for a National Championship.

And actually have a leg up on the competition because of it. It's not that outlandish.

I don't disagree the some athletes may want to go into a sports related field.

That's why,as I said in my original post,I checked out the curricula for most of the undergraduate programs.

As I said,they are not exactly academically rigorous.They seem to follow the majoring in eligibility model.