They are obligated to rise through the Uni league system . 

One downside the crowd is usually made up off students, more often that not they have "taken drink". But usually a very good evening's entertainment

The Student spectators at Loughborough have been the subject of many a Chat over a pre-match lunch.

I doubt that any of them are there to read the Classics, or plan a career with a degree in English Literature. I think that a life in a tracksuit is what the majority hope for. Just how many Sports Scientists do we need?

They say 'ignorance is bliss' but it can also be rude and annoying.

Loughborough is not just a sports Uni- it has a very highly rated engineering department for example which always scores very highly in league tables. I actually looked at Loughborough to do my Masters degree- which ironically enough was in English Literature. The course was excellent and highly rated, but I had a specialist thesis topic and it just wasn’t quite flexible enough. But oooh, did I imagine that as Loughborough can’t possibly offer English Literature courses, can it now… 

Granted I know how annoying students can be- as a mature student I wasn’t in to all that caper- but to state that basically there’s nothing much doing there except Sports Science is incorrect. 

We can't have more than 50% of the population. They need to work on at least a 1 to 1 basis!

Apparently, sports science makes up just under 20% of the Loughborough student body.

Surely they should all be out on a playing field somewhere, you know doing sport.

I enjoy watching BUCS Super Rugby, it is streamed live on YouTube.

I watched Bath v Durham at The Rec last week -- it was a great game and the students had filled one of the stands and were obviously enjoying 'the drink'. The hospitality boxes seemed well ocuppied too. The atmosphere was very lively and raucous.

I saw this as a big plus, and one that I'm sure many clubs in the Championship & National Leagues would be envious of

It'd make far more sense. So no.

My own son studied mechanical engineering his friend from school , George Eastwell studied Geography and played for Jersey for a period. Most of the players were affiliated with a RFU Academy. Henry Taylor ( studied fine art ) was with Saracens and on lone to Bedford for a period.

The myth they are all studying Sports Science does not stack up to any scrutiny. 

There is and I covered this on another thread. Apprenticeships, wide range of options available and they provide a trade going forward. 

What Academies should be doing is providing options outside of rugby, as we all know that most players going through that structure will not make it big or make it at all so they need to provide options outside of the game. 

Something of a mismatch, whatever.

Edit: yesterday afternoon. Didn't realise what the time was. Time for bye-byes...

You get that it's how all academies operate, correct? Lads get signed to contracts, train in the week with their parent club and play/train with the clubs they are loaned to. It's not like a lad from academy X is packed off to a national league club for a year. For all the whining about academies, it would be interesting to see the actual state of level 3/4 without the academy system, one imagines that most of these young players wouldn't get half as much game time if they weren't playing for free. 

I'm also not sure where the idea that players in academies aren't working on a dual-career pathway has come from. It is, after all, a big part of the audit processes each year for academies to document that players are working towards qualifications outside of rugby.