Leinart's one class (Heisman Trophy Winner)

Matt Leinart, USC's star quarterback and last year's Heisman Trophy winner is doing something honorable this year. He is completing his bachelor's degree before going on to the NFL. In today's day & age, everyone seems to dump school and take the money and run (not that I specifically blame them).

Oh wait just a second, Mr. Leinart is taking a single course this sememster (his final semester) and do you know what that class is: No, well let me help you, he is taking Ballroom Dancing to fulfill a requirement for physical education! Am I the only one who sees a problem with this "loophole" in the NCAA rules.

Matt Leinart would like to dance away from USC with another national championship.

The fifth-year senior will have plenty of time to focus on football in his final season. Leinart is enrolled in one class: Ballroom dancing will fulfill the final elective for his sociology degree, The Los Angeles Times reported.

"I put in my work to get my degree," he told the paper. "I came back for my fifth year, and I'm taking what's necessary for me to graduate. And that's two units."

Don't strain yourself Matt, we would not want to think you have the unfair advantage over the competition, such as not having to study!

NCAA rules require student-athletes to enroll in 12 semester or quarter hours unless they are in their final semester or quarter and are taking the courses needed to graduate.

Sounds to me like Coach Pete Carroll has been getting his hands in the middle of the player's acedemics:

Wide receiver Greig Carlson is also taking only one class, while seven other fifth-year seniors are working on master's degrees or another bachelor's degree or minor, the Times reported.

"It's all up to the individual," coach Pete Carroll told the paper. "I think they've earned that right. They earned that by hard work."

This article can be seen in its entirety here.