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I have never seen any stats that show that basketball athletes have more academic qualifying problems than football athletes. Basketball players certainly have more options at their disposal, namely the NBA and foreign (mainly European) leagues. The NCAA continues to impose higher qualifying academic standards on students, and given the fact that many students have a hard time qualifying under the "old" standards, I would expect more students who play either sport will have academic qualification problems in the future. It will be interesting to see the entrepreneur who ultimately steps in and offers a minor football league alternative to NCAA football. The Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time-Player League may be right around the corner.
On a side note, look at Coach Foster (yeah, yeah, I know it's women's sports, but there is a point to be made here). Every single player he recruited in his 25 years as a coach at St. Joseph and Vanderbilt finished school with a degree. 25 years with a 100% graduation rate. There is no need for student to be a mutually exclusive word with athlete.
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