Big news, (I say tongue in cheek). Michael Jordan's son Marcus has chosen a college.
Not his father's alma mater, not an Ivy League or Big Ten or Division 1 school but the University of Central Florida. I've never heard of it and that doesn't matter but what bothers me is that he got a scholarship to play basketball. That's great and all, that they've recognized his talent and are willing to pay his tuition. But doesn't his father make enough dough to pay for it? That's money they could have given to some other hard working student who couldn't afford to attend their college.As a mother of a college graduate and another a freshman in college I know it's tough paying for college not to mention how competitive it's getting. My oldest son spent four years at Binghamton University which is a SUNY school (State University of New York), their cream of the crop school in the SUNY system. My son applied to BU while in high school. That year BU had 21,000 applicants for about 2,500 freshman spots. Let's do the math: 21,000 applicants multiplied by a $60. non refundable application fee = $1,260,000 and that's just for freshman applications. That alone could pay full tuition for 70 students each year. They only take the top applicants. He got in but didn't get a dime and now has over $36,000. to pay back.
Number two son goes to a much smaller SUNY school who recruits top students to enhance their reputation. He did get a partial scholarship due to his SAT score and GPA but the average kid out there is out of luck. There are plenty of students that just want a chance but with the cost and competition they aren't going to get one.
I'm just going to say it... If you're rich you don't get any money for college, forget the scholarships and state aid. I don't care how smart or athletic you are.
4 comments:
well, the bottom line here is that this is an athletic scholarship. This isnt a scholarship based on GPA, or SAT scores since an athletic scholarship can lower their academic standards based on the fact that they are recruiting someone for their athletic talent and not their academic talent. Central Florida is an up an coming College in Florida that has a rising athletic program that is trying to rise to compete with the likes if Miami and Florida State. By recruiting a top name player like Jordan's son, they are trying to boost their recruiting power for their program for the next three or four years. Lets be honest, Central Florida isnt really like USC, or Syracuse, or Notre Dame, so losing one athletic scholarship to someone who can afford to therwise pay, isnt really affecting any potential doctors, nurses, or architechs out there. College athletics is a business period and their business is to bring in a big name to get better talent to show up. And most of these athletes rarely go on to work in their major after they move on. If they are talented enough, they go pro, or spend years trying to get to the pros. Now if this were an academic scholarship, then their would be reason to complain, but this is really apples and oranges...
I have student loans to pay back(finishing Bachelors and working towards Masters) and I also had an athletic scholarship way back in the day when I was a young pup, so I know both sides of the fence, but this happens all the time. Take Phil Simms son, Chris Simms-Scholarship, how about Bill walton's Son, Luke Walton-scholarship, John Elways son Jake-scholarship, Archie Mannings sons, Payton abd Eli-Scholarships, Bob Greases son, Brian-scholarship. See what I mean...aint gonna change. Th bottom line is the parents AGI or Adjusted gross income-if you make too much for the system-SORRY; and Of course the little box in which you classify yourself, in my case hispanic...makes all the difference in the world...system may not be fair, but it is the way it is especially since college athletics is real big buiness....
UCF is also known as "U Can't Finish". It's a fifth-tier school. Not quite sure why anyone would choose to go there.
yeah, like I said its not like its USC, or Syracuse, or Notre Dame, but if he can get them to the march madness tourney or even the NIT in a couple of years then the University will recoup its investment. Thats why athletic scholarships are different. If Joe Blow athlete gets the school to a BCS bowl, or a National tournament, he has earned his school some serious money, unlike the academic scholarship...again its about turning a profit...
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