First thought was "which one of her parents got her this deal?". Nothing about her makes her "deserve" this in comparison to her peers, and it's not going to help Nike at all.
This is literally someone at Nike doing her dad (or mom?) a favor.
You're wrong. It has nothing to do with her parents.
Nike wants to establish a relationship with Mia Brahe-Pedersen BEFORE she graduates high school. Because she is fast enough to go pro as soon as she graduates high school, and Nike wants the inside track on signing her to a professional contract.
In all reality, this is probably more of a case where Mia does it first, then Shawnti follows suit. The world is all about being resourceful, and sometimes you don't realize an avenue is possible until you see someone else do it.
You're completely wrong. Shawnti Jackson is not a typical teen runner. Her dad/ coach was a decade long world class professional runner who knows plenty of agents and sponsors. It's not like they are some clueless family who doesn't know how this stuff works.
That’s just wrong. Officially NIL is a new concept, her family did have this back then. Literally like two years ago it for allowed
You're completely wrong. Shawnti Jackson is not a typical teen runner. Her dad/ coach was a decade long world class professional runner who knows plenty of agents and sponsors. It's not like they are some clueless family who doesn't know how this stuff works.
That’s just wrong. Officially NIL is a new concept, her family did have this back then. Literally like two years ago it for allowed
You have no idea what you're talking about. "NIL" is when someone gets an agent who then finds them a sponsor. Which is exactly what Shawnti Jackson's father did for a decade. The only difference is that now you don't lose your college eligibility.
That’s just wrong. Officially NIL is a new concept, her family did have this back then. Literally like two years ago it for allowed
You have no idea what you're talking about. "NIL" is when someone gets an agent who then finds them a sponsor. Which is exactly what Shawnti Jackson's father did for a decade. The only difference is that now you don't lose your college eligibility.
When you did it in the past, you had to be in College or Pro. And if u were in college you lost your eligibility.
Now HS athletes can do it, and without any consequences.
Tell me when Jackson’s father did it, exactly my point proven
Before you were banned last week weren’t you the the one that insinuated that Gabby Thomas was dumb and was only admitted to Harvard because she was black?
How about all the white students who can barely read but get into Ivy league unis simply because their families have attended.
How about all the white students whose parents cheat the system to get their kids in and who were arrested and jailed for doing so.
How about all the white students who pay others to take the tests for them.
Im with you on that!
Can we agree we should do away with both?
I think it would be great. How about you?
Absolutely let's do away with both. USC and two others have stopped. Harvard and a few Ivies are being sued to have them stop. Those white students who got into Harvard on a legacy admission basis estimated to make up 54% of the student body will now find themselves having to compete with everyone else. We'll see how that turns out.
Good question. Personally, I think it will be less diverse if we make every elite university use the same five point check-list of criteria: math scores, English scores, loads of extra curricular activities, AP classes , music/sports abilities.
If those five traits define a "good student" in America, some people will just become fixated on those five things. They are already people who do that. They are trying to hack the system.
I wanted a university experience that exposed me to all kinds of students. Yes, some were helped by these programs, but that was okay. I got to meet tons of different people.
Would it have been better to just clone the most "perfect" test taker who also happened to play the violin and did AP calc as a sophomore? I don't think so. I am not sure that kid (usually) really even loves math or the violin. It feels like they are just doing it to get into these colleges...
Before you were banned last week weren’t you the the one that insinuated that Gabby Thomas was dumb and was only admitted to Harvard because she was black?
Try again, liar.
I never said she was dumb. I said she got into Harvard because she was black. I like Gabby Thomas; its not her fault that Harvard haw different admission standards based on race.
I never said she was dumb. I said she got into Harvard because she was black. I like Gabby Thomas; its not her fault that Harvard haw different admission standards based on race.
Before you were banned last week weren’t you the the one that insinuated that Gabby Thomas was dumb and was only admitted to Harvard because she was black?
Becoming an Olympic medalist is just one of many impressive feats for Thomas, who is pursuing a master’s in epidemiology and health care management at the University of Texas at Austin, driven by a passion to reduce racial health care disparities and outcome.
Kind of suspect Gabby is stronger academically than most Harvard standards
Absolutely let's do away with both. USC and two others have stopped. Harvard and a few Ivies are being sued to have them stop. Those white students who got into Harvard on a legacy admission basis estimated to make up 54% of the student body will now find themselves having to compete with everyone else. We'll see how that turns out.
Excellent. Test scores will trump and then fill in the rest with some other intangibles, but no more race( unconstitutional)or legacy exceptions.
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