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So much for the dumb jock theory. 

The NCAA released a report that counters the misconception that jocks are more likely to drop out of school than the other kid who is just there to study.

"According to the most recent data collected by the NCAA using the federal calculation for graduation rates, 63 percent of NCAA Division I student-athletes who started college in 1999 graduated within six years. College students nationally graduated at a 61-percent rate in the same time period. Both rates increased one percentage point from last year."

Of course, it took them six years to do it.

I remember laughing at the 'cram four years of study into five years."  When did it become six?

College athletes get somewhat of a break over the general student population because they don't have to sweat tuition costs. Or do they?

I have a son who is on a sports scholarship at a division I school. He feels quite a bit of pressure to show up every day at practice, swim his heart out, throw up on the pool side, and then turn around and do it again.

Might it be easier to show up at blockbuster for a four hour shift each day?

I am not sure the serious student athlete has any edge over the non-athlete....unless it is the competitive edge.

What do you think?