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I could be wrong, but I believe schools are at liberty to accept who they want and consider factors outside of academics, subject to protected classes of course. While there are some minimums, athletic ability can be considered for acceptance in addition to their academic standing.
I don't believe "His academics aren't good, he was accepted because he is an athlete" would be any more of a scandal or impermissible benefit than "Her academics aren't good, she was accepted because she's a world class Cellist" or something to that effect.
Could be wrong, that's just always how I've understood it.
this is my understanding as well.
the ncaa has a mandate of the minimum academic requirements for accepting an athletic scholarship.
member institutions may apply higher requirements and some schools do in fact (i.e. rice)
as far as i know texas does not require anything above the ncaa minimums (i.e javonne shepherd from north brook)