Agree. I wish he had worded it differently.

by NDinVA , Yorktown, VA, Friday, June 12, 2015, 10:47 (3974 days ago) @ Ken Fowler

ND is a tough place academically. So really, the entire student body is "at risk". Even the kids with 4.0 high school GPAs and perfect SAT scores are "at risk".

I'm pretty sure that the majority of the football players probably would not have been accepted to Notre Dame if not for their football talents. So it makes sense that they would be more vulnerable than most of the rest of the student body.

On the other hand, most regular students don't get the same level of academic support as the athletes. So, it almost, but not quite, balances out.

Unfortunately, most sports fans who are not ND fans are not going to view it that way. They are just going to see Kelly's comment as another piece of evidence that ND is no better than any other football factory, sinc even the head coach admits that the entire football team really doesn't qualify to be at Notre Dame.

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what's your take on Kelly's "at risk" commentary - Jay, 2015-06-12, 09:56
- He had to do this in a public setting - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-06-12, 11:53
- I have one small thought to add - Greg, 2015-06-12, 11:33
  - that's definitely in play - HumanRobot, 2015-06-12, 11:51
    - Sorry. I wasn't clear. - Greg, 2015-06-12, 12:00
      - I see what you're saying now - HumanRobot, 2015-06-12, 12:08
- "Force them into finding shortcuts" bothers me - HCE, 2015-06-12, 11:02
  - Agreed. They are separate issues. - Coach Gillespie, 2015-06-12, 13:52
  - good point - Jay, 2015-06-12, 11:17
- Only suggestion would be to use a different term - Ken Fowler, 2015-06-12, 10:29
  - Agree. I wish he had worded it differently. - NDinVA, 2015-06-12, 10:47
    - And that overshadows the primary point - Domer99, 2015-06-12, 11:30
    - Those non-ND fans have been saying such things for decades - Jack, 2015-06-12, 11:04
      - I know, but I don't like that our coach gave them more ammo. - NDinVA, 2015-06-12, 11:16
        
        Like he hasn't before? - Jack, 2015-06-12, 13:58
  - yep, I don't think he's complaining. - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:35
- There's a couple issues here - HumanRobot, 2015-06-12, 10:23
  - The biggest issue, probably for me, is airing this publicly - Domer99, 2015-06-12, 11:19
    - ESPN just rehashed Eric Hansen in the SBT - Jack, 2015-06-12, 14:01
      - That's the comical thing about it - Domer99, 2015-06-12, 16:12
  - I assume Stanford's "cooling glove" also helps with - BillyGoat, 2015-06-12, 11:06
  - Agreed, but 1 isn't any different now than it ever was at ND - Jack, 2015-06-12, 10:49
  - interesting post. makes sense, given that - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:38
    - also, there are some real doozies in that thread - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:44
      - Is it ever that surprising? - Domer99, 2015-06-12, 11:26
- Less bullshit = better - Dylan, 2015-06-12, 10:00
  - "at risk" is such a loaded term - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:12
    - They are at risk of becoming ineligible - Dylan, 2015-06-12, 11:02
      - I don't care that he said it either - Jay, 2015-06-12, 11:10
    - You have to look at that with KeiVarae Russell in mind. - Bill, 2015-06-12, 10:35
      - I am talking about the typical use of the term "at risk" - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:48
        
        I don't think anybody took it in that context. - Bill, 2015-06-12, 10:59
        
        I did. - PMan, 2015-06-12, 13:37
        
        well, I did - Jay, 2015-06-12, 11:01
        
        I knew what he was saying, but that connotation definitely - Ken Fowler, 2015-06-12, 11:05
    - He's not dumb - JRT, 2015-06-12, 10:30
    - I think this is exactly right. It's just a term a bit out of - BillyGoat, 2015-06-12, 10:20
- Some things are best left unsaid? - River, 2015-06-12, 09:58
  - would have been better if he had completed the thought - Jay, 2015-06-12, 10:08
    - Agreed. - River, 2015-06-12, 10:18

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Agree. I wish he had worded it differently.