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Sociofan · 07-31-2005, 09:40 PM

Funny that you mention Notre Dame. I was just listening to a press conference with Charlie Weis where the question about winning came up. Although he said that winning was how he would be judged, he also made mention of the fact that attracting top talent to ND is difficult because of the high academic standards. They would do the best they could with what they had and he believes that having a smart team is critical to football success, equating ND to the Patriots. The Fighting Irish for pete's sake! With a coach wearing 3 Super Bowl rings! How could you not attract talent there as in years past? It must be one of two things: 1) The overall pool of talent is just not of the academic and character calibre of years past, or 2) Other schools have lowered their standards so much that athletes don't worry too much about academics anymore. This is NOT a knock on Jason Campbell since I don't even know the guy. From what I have heard, he has tremendous character and work ethic. That's a great start in my book. As a football fan, I just don't want the NFL to develop this "thug" image that destroyed my interest in the NBA.

07-31-2005, 09:40 PM	#14
Sociofan Special Teams Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gainesville, VA Age: 60 Posts: 380	Re: Intelligence And Football? Funny that you mention Notre Dame. I was just listening to a press conference with Charlie Weis where the question about winning came up. Although he said that winning was how he would be judged, he also made mention of the fact that attracting top talent to ND is difficult because of the high academic standards. They would do the best they could with what they had and he believes that having a smart team is critical to football success, equating ND to the Patriots. The Fighting Irish for pete's sake! With a coach wearing 3 Super Bowl rings! How could you not attract talent there as in years past? It must be one of two things: 1) The overall pool of talent is just not of the academic and character calibre of years past, or 2) Other schools have lowered their standards so much that athletes don't worry too much about academics anymore. This is NOT a knock on Jason Campbell since I don't even know the guy. From what I have heard, he has tremendous character and work ethic. That's a great start in my book. As a football fan, I just don't want the NFL to develop this "thug" image that destroyed my interest in the NBA.