Our goal with this policy is to discourage student - athletes from leaving a degree program to pursue professional athletics .
Therefore we do not believe that extenuating circumstances leading to a lack of degree completion should result in a university refusing to waive a athletic scholarship loan .
Our goal with this policy is to discourage student - athletes from leaving a degree program to pursue professional athletics , and therefore we do not believe that extenuating circumstances leading to a lack of degree completion should result in a university refusing to waive a athletic scholarship loan .