Thursday, December 29, 2011

Football makes you stupid

Dr. Jekyll:  I realize many of you do not like links on this page.  However, I believe this one to be relevant to the discussion here.  A recent study showed that the more successful a college's football team is, the lower the male students' GPAs. 

Prof. Hyde: My plan is working!!

Miller-McCune writeup.

Research paper at NBER.

2 comments:

  1. Southern Bubba, Ph.D.December 29, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    So here's the plan:
    1. Fly to Vegas and bet the farm on my school's team.
    2. Conspire with my fellow proffies to assign devastatingly low grades.
    3. Live high on the hog.
    4. Repeat the process.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I am not surprised in the least.

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