On Tue, 3 Dec 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote: > What LaCouture should get are incompletes for his classes this semester. > However, students with 5 incompletes in one semester should not be allowed to > play sports. This would make a mockery of the NCAA system. We can't have that. :) > By allowing this, > schools can simply let student-athletes that are in danger of failing to > simply sit out a few games at the end of a semester and take all incompletes > so he/she can continue to compete next semester. If this were a major problem, you can bet it would be allowed, if in fact it is. I'm sure it's been thought of before. > Like I said before, there is something more than what we've been told. > LaCouture has missed about one-third of a semster. I don't see how any > legitimate professor could give a letter grade, let alone a passing grade, to > a student who has missed that amount of time. Remember, this is college, not high school or prison. Accomplishments are not supposed to be measured by time served. +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Michael Patrick Bresina | America's always had a problem | | [log in to unmask] | with illegal aliens. Ask any Indian. | +-----------------------------+-----------+----------------------------+ | Common sense is what tells us the world is flat. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I don't judge a man by the color of his skin; | | I judge him by his choice of internet provider. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.