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To: epicure who wrote (100564)	4/7/2005 9:51:07 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Do you agree with your husband that top professional players don't know the physics of their sports? Do you agree that professional basketball players are all from the hood and don't know sneaker construction? Do you think a top black golfer who went to Stanford doesn't understand the kinetic physics behind his golf swing? Oh yeah, and I'm still waiting for your vote...

To: epicure who wrote (100564)	4/7/2005 1:56:09 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

washingtontimes.com Experts liken many Division IA players to hired guns. Few finish their scholarship eligibility with a bachelor's degree. Richard Lapchick, director of the institute and of the De Vos Sport Business Management Graduate Program at UCF, said that 43 of the teams would not be eligible for the tournament if the 50-percent minimum graduation rate was in place on Selection Sunday. University of Memphis graduates zero percent and so does U of Kentucky. blackamericaweb.com Lapchick said basketball has the “worse track record” for graduation rates. He also maintained that some of the problems with racial disparities in graduation rates for men are beginning to show up in the graduation rates for women basketball players. Among the greatest disparities in the study are Georgia Tech, where nine percent of the black basketball players graduated, compared with 50 percent of white players; University of Kentucky, where zero percent of black players graduated, compared to 25 percent of white players, and UCLA, where 11 percent of the black players graduated, and 100 percent of the white players graduated. Officials with the NCAA said they are aware of the problems and are taking steps to improve the academic performance of all student athletes and eliminate disparities between the races.