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Ouch, that hurts. Are you saying there are distinct two groups: the recruited athletes and the academic students, and the twain never meet?</p>
<p>Gibby, I’m kidding. As I know you know from your D’s experience, some athletes are excellent students.</p>
<p>But the truth is, there is an unfortunate but understandable suspicion that recruited athletes face from their athletically less qualified peers (again, I kid). Some may have viewed this great kid I know as “just a” recruited athlete, not knowing he’d worked as hard for his 237 AI as he had for his national athletic ranking.</p>