Revs Academy News 2014

I never even knew their was an u-14 side. Do we know anything about Shapiro-Thompson?

 

Some interesting names on there. Timothy Weah is George Weah's youngest son. I'm going to step out on a limb and say that Wilmer Cabrera is the son of Chivas USA manager Wilmer Cabrera (he was an assistant with Colorado)

And of course, always good to see a Rev getting a call-up at any level.

 

Revs U-18's announce the college committments

http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/2014/02/revs-youth-players-make-college-commitments

 

Again, underwhelming for "soccer" schools.

 

People in New England look at sports as a way to get into better academic schools rather than getting into good sports schools. That's the way it should be. Going to college is about getting an education. If I got offered a spot on Harvards soccer team as well as a spot on Maryland's soccer team, I'd choose Harvard in a second.

 

It's not awful. Georgetown, Syracuse, Harvard, Providence and Northeastern are all decent college soccer programs.

 

True,,,,love to see what their other options were

 

Yes, we're so much better in New England than those rubes from other parts of the country that choose safety schools like Stanford or Duke or North Carolina.

 

Yeah, I'm not willing to give my hard earned money to a university where 3/4 of student football and basketball athletes read below an 8th grade level (cough cough, UNC). Honestly, these are academic institutions. It's such a joke.

Sure, there are some universities that balance athletics and academics well. Standford is a fine example. Duke is a great example as well. And you can indubitably get a great education at most state schools.

 

the thought of anyone going to Vanderbilt! eee gad!

 

UNC is the 30th ranked University in the country just ahead of BC and William and Mary

 

Cool, well their football players and basketball players are borderline illiterate.

 

It's a wonder UNC grads can get jobs at Burger King, eh?

 

Is having 3 players go to big east schools really that bad?

edit: I say this actually not knowing, I haven't really looked at how many high end college prospects other acadmies produce.

 

and the faculty and fellow classmates thank them for bringing in Millions and millons of dollars each year to the school
Not to mention a few of those illiterates will go on to become millionaires

 

I know, poor bastards


More than 20 degree programs or specialty areas from several schools and the College of Arts and Sciences appear prominently in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report's “America's Best Graduate Schools” issue. Highlights included: School of Information and Library Studies, tied for 1st; School of Medicine, 2nd overall for primary care and 20th for research; School of Public Health, 2nd; School of Nursing, tied for 4th; School of Social Work, tied for 8th; School of Government (public affairs), tied for 14th; Kenan-Flagler Business School, 19th; Chemistry, tied for 13th; Clinical Psychology, tied for 6th; Computer Science, tied for 20th; English, 16th; Healthcare Management, 3rd; History, tied for 12th; Occupational Therapy, 11th; Physical Therapy, tied for 11th; Political Science, tied for 13th; Psychology, tied for 13th; Sociology, tied for 5th; Statistics, tied for 10th.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/

"As a graduate student at UNC-Greensboro, Willingham researched the reading levels of 183 UNC-Chapel Hill athletes who played football or basketball from 2004 to 2012. She found that 60% read between fourth- and eighth-grade levels. Between 8% and 10% read below a third-grade level."

Different UNC, but still.

 

This is exactly the point! They're sacrificing the academic integrity of their institution for money. That's immoral.

 

Especially when it's untrue. Their athletes are fairly well spoken.

 

How is that possible if they are ranked as a top 30 college in the country. Sounds to me like they have the best of both worlds

 

I don't care how they rank academically. I'm not saying they're poor academically, I'm saying they sacrifice morals to make money. That's not OK in my book. I'm not really a fan of the entire money generating side of the NCAA.