New York Times
Author: Philip M. Boffey
March 9, 2008
I found this article amusing, as the author has a very nice brand of sarcasm. However, he did not always present his facts in a clear, straightforward manner. This article is about the Harvard Basketball team and how they have recently recruited a very high profile class. This proved interesting to the author, because for the fifty years since his graduation, Harvard basketball has never caused a stir. He goes on to speculate that while part of this might be because of a coaching change, that it has been said that academic standards may have been lowered to let more high profile recruits on the team. He goes on to state that these "standards" would require a PhD. in mathematics to understand. Basically as he put it, people with a higher index are put to even out the people with a lower index. I found this article very interesting, and I enjoyed the way the autor gently poked fun at the system. That being said, I would have liked to see more hard facts.
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It is good the author used humor because it is a lighter topic. That is very interesting that they will recruit people with higher standards to bring up the average! I agree, I'd like to see more facts before forming an opinion on this issue- mainly how far below normal standards some of the players on the team actually are.
This seems to happen a lot at different school and universities. The school will disregard any academic problems just so the sports team can be the best. It seems a little strange that one of the top schools in the country would stoop to that level just so they can have a good basketball team. I think this is a very good issue to write about and I think people would want to read.
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