Mac Jones-QB-Jaguars

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Don't get too excited, it's in sports hospitality (formerly sports management).

Even if it was underwater basket weaving, completing a Master's and Bachelor's in under 4 years while also being on a preeminent collegiate sports program is a serious accomplishment. That doesn't change the fact that I want him least, but don't knock that...

Exactly. It's still a massive time constraint and very fast paced. Like he said, might as well take advantage of it. Many wouldn't.

Then again, Jones went to school a super fancy private/boarding school and probably was able to leave there with 30-45 hours of college credit already in the bag. That's just not something most public school student even have the opportunity to take.

Ans still, these major football players aren't treated the same as regular college students. They get funneled into classes and majors that the teams can make sure won't be a problem for their football careers. Players like Myron Rolle are the exceptions. I'm impressed when a guy is a Rhodes scholar, gets his masters at Oxford, and then becomes a neurosurgeon after he retires from football. Let's not pretend that the stuff that happened in Chapel Hill isn't happening all over the country.

Originally posted by boomer49er:
Then again, Jones went to school a super fancy private/boarding school and probably was able to leave there with 30-45 hours of college credit already in the bag. That's just not something most public school student even have the opportunity to take.

Ans still, these major football players aren't treated the same as regular college students. They get funneled into classes and majors that the teams can make sure won't be a problem for their football careers. Players like Myron Rolle are the exceptions. I'm impressed when a guy is a Rhodes scholar, gets his masters at Oxford, and then becomes a neurosurgeon after he retires from football. Let's not pretend that the stuff that happened in Chapel Hill isn't happening all over the country.

Especially at a football powerhouse like Alabama.

Originally posted by a49erfan77:

Originally posted by boomer49er:
Then again, Jones went to school a super fancy private/boarding school and probably was able to leave there with 30-45 hours of college credit already in the bag. That's just not something most public school student even have the opportunity to take.

Ans still, these major football players aren't treated the same as regular college students. They get funneled into classes and majors that the teams can make sure won't be a problem for their football careers. Players like Myron Rolle are the exceptions. I'm impressed when a guy is a Rhodes scholar, gets his masters at Oxford, and then becomes a neurosurgeon after he retires from football. Let's not pretend that the stuff that happened in Chapel Hill isn't happening all over the country.

Especially at a football powerhouse like Alabama.

Yeah I mean good on Jones to get his masters...that's a hell of an accomplishment regardless. I wouldn't throw it in the same realm as getting accepted to Harvard or anything. I think Bama's academic ranking is like 143rd in the country.

I think they're all pretty smart kids end of the day.

edit: it's a 30-hr course to get a masters

Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

wait what? lol

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

wait what? lol

Yeah, he wasn't splitting atoms.

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

wait what? lol

Yeah, he wasn't splitting atoms.

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

That's what a fast track program is. 30 hours of online and 95% offline.

Originally posted by Rathof44:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

wait what? lol

Yeah, he wasn't splitting atoms.

He was splitting defenders.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

That's what a fast track program is. 30 hours of online and 95% offline.

wait, this is a real thing?

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

That's what a fast track program is. 30 hours of online and 95% offline.

Source for that 95% offline? It sounds like the entire program is just 30 hours.

Nice stuff. He's got Fields at 4 and explains why while noting 2-4 could be put in different order depending on your preference but he values processing higher as it translates to the NFL. Funny, I saw a Mac Jones comp...who's Kurt Warner.

1. Trevor Lawrence
2. Zach Wilson
3. Mac Jones
4. Justin Fields
5. Trey Lance

Of all the QB breakdowns by former college or pro QB's from Tim Jenkins to Max Browne to Kurt Warner to Phil Simms, is there one that has Justin Fields ranked higher than Mac Jones?

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

That's what a fast track program is. 30 hours of online and 95% offline.

Source for that 95% offline? It sounds like the entire program is just 30 hours.

95% of the work/study is offline. Man, ya'll need to get ejamecated. Lol

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:

Originally posted by boomer49er:
Then again, Jones went to school a super fancy private/boarding school and probably was able to leave there with 30-45 hours of college credit already in the bag. That's just not something most public school student even have the opportunity to take.

Ans still, these major football players aren't treated the same as regular college students. They get funneled into classes and majors that the teams can make sure won't be a problem for their football careers. Players like Myron Rolle are the exceptions. I'm impressed when a guy is a Rhodes scholar, gets his masters at Oxford, and then becomes a neurosurgeon after he retires from football. Let's not pretend that the stuff that happened in Chapel Hill isn't happening all over the country.

Especially at a football powerhouse like Alabama.

Yeah I mean good on Jones to get his masters...that's a hell of an accomplishment regardless. I wouldn't throw it in the same realm as getting accepted to Harvard or anything. I think Bama's academic ranking is like 143rd in the country.

I think they're all pretty smart kids end of the day.

edit: it's a 30-hr course to get a masters

Dirty little secret is that graduate level courses aren't really that hard. It's harder to get into a masters program than to finish it, in most cases. I think mine was 48 hours though. 30 hours though, we see plenty of masters in that range.

However, here's the thing about Alabama Sports Management that is suspicious to me.

http://www.sportmanagement.ches.ua.edu/faculty-and-staff.html

That's the faculty. Two fulltime professors, but 5 adjuncts. I love adjuncts. I are one. However, all of these adjuncts are also employees in the Alabama athletic department. So a masters degree at Alabama, for athletes, that is essentially ran by the Alabama Athletic Department.

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Alabama's Master's of Sport Hospitality: A 30-hour interdisciplinary academic course curriculum

Possible for you to give a link on that? I got into the Hospitality program but got no answer as to how many hours or other requirements....ie , thesis required , or what else? Also got a couple blank pages.