Yeah, I don't actually trust this rumor. I suspect that it's exaggerated. I don't really trust the person who told me has any extra insight, and I (and apparently everyone else who's tried to verify it) don't know where the rumor originated. I don't think anyone doubts that school let athletes get over, either on purpose because they're superstars or by accident like the teacher above thread reports. But in my view, for this to be true and us not to have it confirmed true, then the athletic department, the academic departments, the school as a whole, the NCAA as a whole, and the media would all have to be actively keeping his grades quiet. Plus, he's famous so if he were on academic probation I think people from the school would know for sure and not as this vague rumor. And why wouldn't he have just said "I'm really feelin the NHL right now" instead of "I haven't decided if I'm going back to school or not " around the time of the draft?
I just wanted to mention it because it is a pretty prevalent rumor. And I do think its based on something. I for sure would like a story where it's just plain hard to be a student athlete, and his grades suffer for it. Or he thinks he can avoid doing work because he's a star, and gets a rude but fair and necessary wake up call.
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Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition
From: (Anonymous)Yeah, I don't actually trust this rumor. I suspect that it's exaggerated. I don't really trust the person who told me has any extra insight, and I (and apparently everyone else who's tried to verify it) don't know where the rumor originated. I don't think anyone doubts that school let athletes get over, either on purpose because they're superstars or by accident like the teacher above thread reports. But in my view, for this to be true and us not to have it confirmed true, then the athletic department, the academic departments, the school as a whole, the NCAA as a whole, and the media would all have to be actively keeping his grades quiet. Plus, he's famous so if he were on academic probation I think people from the school would know for sure and not as this vague rumor. And why wouldn't he have just said "I'm really feelin the NHL right now" instead of "I haven't decided if I'm going back to school or not " around the time of the draft?
I just wanted to mention it because it is a pretty prevalent rumor. And I do think its based on something. I for sure would like a story where it's just plain hard to be a student athlete, and his grades suffer for it. Or he thinks he can avoid doing work because he's a star, and gets a rude but fair and necessary wake up call.