Athletic Idiots

CNN has done an excessive amount of research involving Division 1 athletes and their true academic ability. The most impressive, well, surprising statistic that I came across is that 60% of athletes surveyed read between a 4th and 8th grade level. Added to that, 8% of these athletes read BELOW a 4th grade level. Statistics like this just seem simply unfair. Students with great grades are getting their college spots taken from athletes who have test scores of elementary kids! Just because somebody has a particular skill, in this case football or basketball, that does not mean that they should be exempt from good grade requirements. Furthermore, it surprised me that these universities seem to be aware that their athlete students are cheating or getting unequal help. This problem of insufficient academics among Division 1 athletes is one that is not going away any time soon.