#11 - Kopitar Prefers Amps That Go to Eleven

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Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition

[(Anonymous)]

I always got the impression from having a few "superstars" in class that they just had their hand held more in terms of extra help from tutors and TAs so that they could actually complete all the assignments. Like other nonnie said the NCAA sets the guidelines, so while I guess it would be at the discretion of individual professors how strictly they chose to grade, I doubt that Eichel could have gotten away with never attending class and never doing any work, which is what below a 1.0 basically implies. At least with my experience at my school with future NHL superstars, they get so much help that the average student doesn't receive it just seems impossible to me that he could be doing that badly but who knows.

Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition

[(Anonymous)]

isn't there rules about who can and can't help student-athletes with their coursework, though? or are tutors hired by the school considered okay?

Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition

[(Anonymous)]

they all attend mandatory tutoring (i'm pretty sure) so I would guess so. At the very least they have to go sit in a room with a bunch of other athletes while somebody supervises them as they do their coursework, but I think they do get tutors as well.

Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition

[(Anonymous)]

DA

The mandatory tutoring must be annoying for the few athletes who do well in school without it. I mean, there aren't a lot of that do it, but some NCAA athletes even in D1 football, basketball, or hockey manage to get very hard degrees and high grades at the same time they're playing.

I understand why it's mandatory, but it must still be frustrating if you're, say, a star quarterback who is also a hidden math genius.

Re: 30-in-30: Sabres Addition

[(Anonymous)]

I bet if you are already an excellent student it just functions like a study hall period and the tutors leave you to your own devices.