Who do Ethiopians not compete in the NCAA like their Kenyan neighbors?

The official languages for Kenya are English and Swahili. The official languages for Ethiopia are Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya. That's the main reason. There are very few that meet the academic, language, and talent required.

Speaking of schools involved in academic scandals, Caleb Love, a former UNC basketball player, entered the transfer portal and it was announced that he was transferring to Michigan. When Michigan looked at his grades and test scores, they said he did not meet the qualifications. So he found another school--Arizona-- which somehow accepted him.

A few years earlier, the Arizona BB coach was in a scandal and moved on.

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Michigan was involved in the Fab 5 scandal, but did the right thing this time. The are now ranked #1 in BB in bracketology after beating ranked Gonzaga by 40, but not the current AP poll. NIL money, coaches in the hot seat, international athletes with experience, and even unqualified American athletes are a perfect storm for future chaos in the NCAA.

The racists would be over the moon that they have something to complain about the moment a single Ethiopian started running fast in the NCAA.

Ethiopians don’t want your mockery about their age, accent, grades, skin color or whatever! We are doing just fine! See ya in Tallahassee 😉

Ethiopians are not entitled to come to the US, rather it is a privilege. The US State Dept. determines who the US lets into the country. The Ethiopians that I have met had successful businesses in the DC area or were cab drivers. They wanted to get away from their
government. I don’t know if all Ethiopian runners would get a visa or assimilate well in the US system.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/east-africa-the-horn-and-great-lakes/ethiopia/

The NCAA decides on the standards of the athletes. As someone on another thread mentioned, what will All-American mean in the future in an American University? Hopefully, Marxists don’t get a chance to decide.

One of my best friends was Ethiopian and he said he wished he had never come to America because it ruined his innocence and that the people here were completely different than in Ethiopia. He told me that he thought he had become too materialistic in America to go back. But he eventually did go back after he had a stretch of awful luck here, and it even turned out to be easier to get treatment for healthcare issues in Ethiopia.

ChatGPT says:
Does Ethiopia have a good healthcare system?
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No, Ethiopia does not have a "good" healthcare system, as it faces significant challenges like shortages of skilled professionals, limited infrastructure, and issues with access, quality, and cost. While the government has invested in the system and made improvements, particularly in maternal and child health and communicable disease control, it still struggles to meet the needs of its large rural population. Public satisfaction with the healthcare system is low due to factors like inadequate facilities, staff attitudes, and high out-of-pocket costs.

This => read the magnificent Out of Thin Air. Great book with usefull insights in Ethiopian running (and its system) Out of thin air thread

Coaches afraid of blatant epo-thians .

No surprise there. The United States has one of the worst and cruelest healthcare systems in the world. Coming to the United States was the worst decision that poor sweet innocent Ethiopian ever made in his life. He was baffled by the appalling ignorance here in America. If he was made wiser, he would tear up his visa and avoid coming back to America like it’s the plague because avoiding this miserable place will only make him happier. America sucks.

It's more complicated for that with Caleb. It's not a grades issue exactly.

University of Michigan is just extremely strict about what it accepts as transferable credits from other universities. They don't accept a lot of courses from other universities and are quite strict on AP course credits as well. It's lead to issues for transfers from great academic schools with good grades even (Stanford and Illinois are examples).

Didn't matter if Caleb had a 4.0 in all of the classes. Michigan requires most of their classes to be done at the University itself for an undergrad degree. He could have taken a bunch of similar classes again, or he could go to UofA and they accepted the courses. Regular students have stories of their university transfer credits just turning into all electives or losing years when coming to UofM.

A matter of "Oh your 19th century Russian Lit at UofI doesn't count towards a Literature degree, you need to take it again at UofM for it to count".

Aside from Geb, Bekele, Yomif and Biniam Mehary I have never heard an Ethiopian athlete speak decent English

I’ve heard Michigan is insane with transfer credits. Saw a story of a football player - formerly at a “pretty good” power 5, in Palo Alto - who had a fair amount of credits not carry over. If they don’t accept his, what will they accept?

Regarding Caleb Love, I don't understand how someone in college for three or four years would not have enough credits. Elliot Cadeau transferred to Michigan from UNC after one year with no drama.

One explanation is because they don't accept C, D, F grades; just A, B like most top colleges, especially if he was taking sociology in the program for athletes at UNC.

I found this on Google which uses Gemini, a LLM. (no source)
Why didn't Caleb Love go to Michigan?
In fact, the only reason he ended up at Arizona is because the admissions office at Michigan (where he originally committed after entering the portal) downright rejected him due to his grades at UNC. Michigan at least has a former respected NBA assistant as a coach, so it kind of made sense. Jan 9, 2024

Today, Love is actually playing in the NBA (Portland), while Bacot and RJ Davis went to the G League.

Holy sh*t it's a second-hand thinker.

Gemini says:

What is healthcare like in a communist country?
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Healthcare in historical communist countries was characterized by government-controlled systems providing free, universal access to basic care, which led to initial improvements in public health outcomes. However, these systems often suffered from underfunding, leading to low-quality care, long waits, outdated equipment, and shortages of medicine and specialists compared to Western countries. Post-communism, many of these nations have moved towards decentralized, market-based, or mixed systems.