President Schlissel's bar

Submitted by Michigan Made on November 2nd, 2019 at 8:04 PM

Talked with somebody who knows certain personnel in the athletic educational support program that schlissel is making it very difficult to recruit students based on a very high academic bar set by the president. Much recruiting has been hampered by the inability to land blue-chip athletes who would like to come here but cannot meet the requirements set by the president. He went on to say that our basketball coach left based on his inability to recruit athletes who inevitably could not make the grades. Something to consider with regard to Harbaugh who, it was said, to have lobbied schlissel several times to get the bar lowered. It opens up the debate regarding athletes who want to come here and compete at a high level to further their athletic careers professionally versus an academic standard placed on individuals who will not be going into... Say scientific research. It seems coaches hands are somewhat tied. I am certainly not advocating for Ohio State or Alabama standards by any means. Harbaugh himself, I would assume after his comments regarding the university years back, has a pretty high bar on his own.

NFG

November 2nd, 2019 at 8:13 PM ^

Serious question, don’t hyperventilate, couldn’t an affirmative action policy also apply to prospective student athletes?

Sopwith

November 2nd, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^

Every academically elite institution in America save maybe Caltech already does this. Ask anyone who has ever met a Harvard hockey player. It's not race-based, it's skills-based. There's a sliding scale for admissions criteria if you happen to need a left wing or whatever that year.

4th phase

November 2nd, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^

Its widely known that Rich Rod wanted Dorsey and admissions wouldn't let him in. Not a bad call since Lousville and Hawaii also refused to admit him after he went to junior college but anyways....I point this out because, per my comment below, if Michigan's president was actively denying basketball and football recruits admission I'm pretty sure the people on this blog would have heard about it by now. So the OP and Pharaoh of Filth can suck it.

Mmmm Hmmm

November 2nd, 2019 at 8:44 PM ^

This isn’t common knowledge? There is usually a standard for athletes; at some schools it is the NCAA minimum (a sliding scale based on GPA and test scores) to qualify. At others, it is somewhere between what an average student would need and the minimum.

And yes, the same is true even in the Ivy League—even in non-revenue sports.

Gucci Mane

November 3rd, 2019 at 1:32 AM ^

Schools can admit people with race as a factor, but not the only consideration. So in theory, if 2 students are identically but one is white and one black, the black student can legally be picked. 

Also no quotas. Supreme Court hates quotas. Goals are fine though. 

4th phase

November 2nd, 2019 at 8:21 PM ^

That's complete nonsense because if there was a recruit that wanted to come here but couldn't get in, we would have heard about it on mgoblog. Your friend wants to seem more important than he is.