[Bob Seger]

what is wrong with weightlifting class? nothing. schools offer advanced levels of history, math, and science classes for those students who are heavily in to academics and all that. what about the player who is a marginal student, a C+ student at best. Should he take the calculus and trig classes? what if he is a great athlete and COULD get in to college with an athletic scholarship, whereas he would not if it depended completely on his academics?
my point is that these type of classes (ex. weightlifting) serve a purpose, just like the upper level math and science. preparing for the next level, whether it be academics or athletics. it is ONE CLASS. it doesn't fill up a schedule.

and for discipline, when the principal (it is not "principle") steps in and says "he can play" then you have a problem. in my opinion no principal should ever dictate who is eligible and who is not. the coach should decide. if he wants to add more to the school's conduct codes, that is his decision. the players should respect the coach and themselves enough to follow the coach's code of conduct.

IMO, that line of thinking is directly what leads to the reasoning why so many flunk out when they get to college. I would be safe in saying that when it comes to eastern Kentuckians, 9 out of every 10 that go to college to play end up dropping out, flunk out , etc. They for the most part are simply not prepared for what awaits them at that level trying to balance an academic/athletic schedule. It's tough. No wait, it's beyond tough. It's brutal. By the time they figure out they're in over their heads , it's too late.


I hardly think that one hour a day in the weight room is going to make that much difference in whether a kid makes it to the next level or not. IMO, college athletics are not really worth the time when it all comes down to it to begin with. It is by far the most highly over rated experience I can think of and the most detrimental to a kid acheiving the ultimate goal of supporting himself and a family. Again, this coming from a parent that had two go through it.