Comments on: Frisbee, Scholastics and BYU http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:22:47 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: a random John http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-18253 a random John Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:17:07 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-18253 John Mansfield, I would counter and say that because Ultimate is generally a club sport and gets very little support from the university in terms of coaching or funding that intelligent, well motivated students are more likely to be able to manage and coach themselves as a team. Imagine if a major college football program suddenly had no coaches and no funding, and the athletes were left to fend for themselves. Most programs would collapse in scandal in a matter of days. I don't think that you need to denigrate the sport in order to find reasons why it might correlate with academic success. John Mansfield,

I would counter and say that because Ultimate is generally a club sport and gets very little support from the university in terms of coaching or funding that intelligent, well motivated students are more likely to be able to manage and coach themselves as a team. Imagine if a major college football program suddenly had no coaches and no funding, and the athletes were left to fend for themselves. Most programs would collapse in scandal in a matter of days.

I don’t think that you need to denigrate the sport in order to find reasons why it might correlate with academic success.

]]> By: John Mansfield http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-18216 John Mansfield Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-18216 Ultimate frisbee, if I understand it correctly, is a game for people who lacked interest in sports as children and youth, wish to become better developed adults, but find it too late to pick up basketball, soccer, baseball, or other real sports where all the other players have years of experience. It seems plausible that such people are generally better at academics. So promoting frisbee at a college could attract such people to the school or help them to thrive better once they are there. I doubt it would make the present students more studious, though. Ultimate frisbee, if I understand it correctly, is a game for people who lacked interest in sports as children and youth, wish to become better developed adults, but find it too late to pick up basketball, soccer, baseball, or other real sports where all the other players have years of experience. It seems plausible that such people are generally better at academics. So promoting frisbee at a college could attract such people to the school or help them to thrive better once they are there. I doubt it would make the present students more studious, though.

]]> By: a random John http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-18006 a random John Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:19:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-18006 <a href="http://www3.upa.org/scores/scores.cgi?page=22&div=18" rel="nofollow">BYU (why oh why does everything always have to involve BYU?) is ranked 89th.</a> My favorite Ultimate story from college was when <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0000625/" rel="nofollow">Fred Savage</a> showed up to play on the B team and quit after two weeks because he didn't have the cash for cleats. BYU (why oh why does everything always have to involve BYU?) is ranked 89th.

My favorite Ultimate story from college was when Fred Savage showed up to play on the B team and quit after two weeks because he didn’t have the cash for cleats.

]]> By: Jenny W. http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-17651 Jenny W. Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:00:39 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-17651 Ultimate frisbee, in my experience, generally is a good thing. Those from our BYU intramural team have all graduated (or are really almost there by now). And about a quarter of the team have gone on to or are planning on advanced degrees. I believe that my first child (boy or girl) would have been named Fourier if we hadn't had ultimate around (the frisbee got the name instead). Yes, it is a very good thing. Ultimate frisbee, in my experience, generally is a good thing. Those from our BYU intramural team have all graduated (or are really almost there by now). And about a quarter of the team have gone on to or are planning on advanced degrees.

I believe that my first child (boy or girl) would have been named Fourier if we hadn’t had ultimate around (the frisbee got the name instead). Yes, it is a very good thing.

]]> By: David J http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-17403 David J Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:01:14 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-17403 Maybe. I saw the word "correlation" in your post and I got the dry heaves. Seems appropriate, though. Yeah, I'd say they ought to up the ultimate frisby in order to bolster academics. Why not. Maybe. I saw the word “correlation” in your post and I got the dry heaves. Seems appropriate, though. Yeah, I’d say they ought to up the ultimate frisby in order to bolster academics. Why not.

]]> By: queuno http://www.bloggernacle.org/frisbee-scholastics-and-byu/#comment-17399 queuno Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:30:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=483#comment-17399 Kind of like "ultimate fighting championship" -- kind of hard to find a more absurd and embarrassing name for what is otherwise kind of a dumb sport. Kind of like “ultimate fighting championship” — kind of hard to find a more absurd and embarrassing name for what is otherwise kind of a dumb sport.

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