Sark: Basket weaving dig 'poor choice of words'
Key takeaways
- Sarkisian conceded, however, that he made a "poor choice of words."
- "We have a rule at the University of Texas, we can only take 50% towards your degree, no matter how many hours you've completed," he said.
- The class was irrelevant, and that was a poor choice of words on my part."
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Sarkisian conceded, however, that he made a "poor choice of words."
Sarkisian told USA Today earlier this month that "all you have to do is take basket weaving, and you can get an Ole Miss degree." Speaking to reporters Tuesday on the first day of SEC spring meetings, Sarkisian said he was talking about the inequities in college athletics as it pertains to transfers and teams.
"We have a rule at the University of Texas, we can only take 50% towards your degree, no matter how many hours you've completed," he said. "Other schools can take all of your hours that you take. To me, that's an inequity in our sport. Those are some of the things that we have to work through.