Early in her career as a learning specialist, Mary Willingham was in her office when a basketball player at the University of North Carolina walked in looking for help with his classwork. He couldn't read or write.
A CNN investigation found public universities across the country where many students in the basketball and football programs could read only up to an eighth-grade level.
this is ridiculous. They'll suspend a player for drug use, petty crimes etc but let them play or even ATTEND a top school without the ability to read at even a high school level. If you were interested in knowing what the priorities of most Americans is, well there you go.