And you do. You're darned right you do, or the colleges are going to use up athletes like mercenaries and throw them away without an education. Because right at the center of its greedy little heart, athletics is a lot more about winning than educating. Even with the guidelines, there are colleges with shameful graduation rates for their athletes. But you don't defend a wrong rule just because you need a rule.
Standards have to be fair or they have to be replaced.
Utah coach Rick Majerus broke into long conversations about the SAT and Prop 16 on three occasions during last weekend's NCAA Tournament sub-region in New Orleans. For the record, he thinks the SAT has mattered too much, that other indicators should be involved, too. Majerus has an idea. Link scholarships to graduation rates. A team graduates four players, it can sign four.