:19:00
...and ask yourself, "Do I want better?"
:19:03
If the answer is yes,
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I'll see you here tomorrow.
:19:09
And I promise you...
:19:11
...I will do everything in my power
:19:15
to get you to college
:19:17
and to a better life.
:19:44
I don't understand this.
It's a letter, how can it be a number?
:19:48
How are balancing
those equations coming?
:19:50
- I can't do this.
- Hold on. Come on, son.
:19:53
Don't give up yet, son.
:19:54
Here's a story out of California
that's getting national attention.
:19:57
The entire boys' basketball team
at Richmond High School
:20:00
has been benched.
:20:01
The highly ranked Oilers have
a perfect season on the court,
:20:04
but some players were
in big trouble academically.
:20:07
And in an unprecedented move,
Coach Ken Carter canceled practice,
:20:10
locked the gym and sent his players
straight to the library.
:20:14
Now, at the start of the season,
:20:15
I understand you made all of
your players sign a contract
:20:18
before they could join the team.
:20:19
What exactly were the conditions
of that contract?
:20:22
The contract states that
the players must maintain
:20:24
a 2.3 grade point average
:20:26
and that the players must
attend all their classes
:20:28
and sit in the front row
of those classes.
:20:31
Well, Coach Carter, it's an
unusual strategy, and a risky one
:20:34
in a sense, in light of
your team's winning record,
:20:36
but I think there's gonna be a lot of
people out there pleased to learn
:20:39
that at least somebody still cares
about the concept of a student athlete.
:20:43
Thanks a lot for joining us today.
:20:51
I'm sorry to disturb you.
:20:52
I'm Coach Ken Carter of the Richmond
High School basketball team.
:20:55
Oh, yeah.
:20:56
I need to ask you a favor.
:20:58
My team is studying in the library,
and I've been trying to tell them