Winning Teams Linked With Declining Grades (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/sports/ncaafootball/study-links-winning-football-and-declining-grades.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=winning%20teams%20grades&st=cse) New York Times, 12/22/2011
Quote from: Mary Pilon, NYTWhen a college football team is successful, students put down their books and pick up some beers ... In examining the grade-point averages of the Oregon student body and the performance of the Ducks' football team, ... researchers found a relationship between declining grades and success on the field. "Our results support the concern that big-time sports are a threat to American higher education," the paper's authors — Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen and Glen R. Waddell — wrote. They said their work was among the first to take a look at the "nonmonetary costs" of college sports. ... Male students were more likely than female students to increase their alcohol consumption and celebrating and decrease studying when a team fared well, resulting in lower grade-point averages, according to the study.
The full paper is online ($$$) at http://www.nber.org/papers/w17677
Quote from: billhowardWinning Teams Linked With Declining Grades (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/sports/ncaafootball/study-links-winning-football-and-declining-grades.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=winning%20teams%20grades&st=cse) New York Times, 12/22/2011
Quote from: Mary Pilon, NYTWhen a college football team is successful, students put down their books and pick up some beers ... In examining the grade-point averages of the Oregon student body and the performance of the Ducks' football team, ... researchers found a relationship between declining grades and success on the field. "Our results support the concern that big-time sports are a threat to American higher education," the paper's authors — Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen and Glen R. Waddell — wrote. They said their work was among the first to take a look at the "nonmonetary costs" of college sports. ... Male students were more likely than female students to increase their alcohol consumption and celebrating and decrease studying when a team fared well, resulting in lower grade-point averages, according to the study.
The full paper is online ($$$) at http://www.nber.org/papers/w17677
Hasn't hurt Harvard's GPA.::nut::