More than the esy class list, I think he did a nice job coaching and recruiting. He had 1st rounders at QB and RB and a tough team that plays smart.
to suggest to all students, especially athletes. Just because ND doesn't have a list I'm sure their advisors sign them up for classes that they know they will pass.
Besides, they still have to pass the normal academic classes to graduate.
Notre Dame doesn't have an official list, but people know what the classes are that have a reputation for being easier. Everyone still has to take major classes to get their degree, but if they so choose, they can take easier electives.
And this article does nothing to refute the notion that Stanford kids are smart or that their admissions requirements are still an absolute bitch.
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The only thing even remotely interesting about this is how Harbaugh shat on UM for steering kids into easy majors.
1. It's still Stanford. "Easy" Stanford is still "nightmare" just about everywhere else.
2. Just about every football team in the country has a list like that. I'm no fan of the everybody does it defense, but c'mon, everybody does it.
Easy for Stanford is still harder than most schools.
Also, if they didn't do this they would be doing their student-athletes a disservice. Student-athletes contribute much more of their time to a university than the typical student. When filling corps class requirements, I would hope academic advisors would steer them into courses that would take less of their time.
I hope (and am pretty sure) they are doing this informally at ND (i.e., advisors let them know which courses require more effort/time).
Maybe it's different if university officials hand it out, but there was certainly an unwritten list of "easy" classes for athletes during my time at ND (1989-93). For example, 3/4 of the 75 people in my philosophy class with T.V. Morris were athletes -- most of them football players.
his football teammates that this must be an easy class.
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