Deborah Chin, the school's director of athletics, cited "skill, coaching expertise, good players and longevity," as some of Vieira's attributes.
It bars "preferential treatment, benefits or services because of the individual's athletics reputation or skill or pay-back potential as a professional athlete, unless such treatment, benefits or services are specifically permitted under N.C.A.A. legislation".
It bans "preferential treatment, benefits or services because of the individual's athletics reputation or skill or pay-back potential as a professional athlete, unless such treatment, benefits or services are specifically permitted under N.C.A.A. legislation".
This has nothing to do with athletics or the skills of teams like the Knicks, who play a game that almost resembles basketball, and the Jets, who make a wild stab at football.
Never a dull moment with Hunter, her spotlight profile lists her skills as athletics, horse-jumping horse-riding, running, sailing, swimming, tennis and yoga.
The parents of his young players were blown away the difference Carneal was able to make as a non-parent but the older ones figured teaching life skills with athletics.
The vast majority come away with few skills for life beyond athletics.
In 1889 Yale also established a teacher-training department at Clarke and introduced pioneering classes in manual skills and programs of athletics for deaf children.
"He's got remarkable skills outside the realm of athletics," Steinberg said.
Others speak in educational terms about discipline, the capacity to be part of a team and other skills and values developed through athletics.
