so the coaches want them to get bad grades so everyone (including the coaches) looks bad on camera?
No the coaches want them to go to practice, do film study, do in season conditioning, do out of season conditioning, do self workouts in the weight room and practice facility, meet with their position group coaches, meet with their coordinators, get treatment from the training staff, workout after practice with their teammates, attend camps, study the playbook and know it cold, on and on and on. That shyt is their job and coaches call that shyt buy-in, being a team player and having winning culture. None of that shyt has to do with them attending class.
In that video the coach was only interested in them getting Cs just so they could stay eligible. He didn't give a shyt if Eddie or Quan actually has the aptitude to get As in biology, chemistry or physics and he was not going to push them and challenge them to do it. It is just all part of the exploitation those kids have been subjected to their whole lives by family, friends and coaches. I used to be Pollyanna about the shyt just like you, but I have come to realize what the shyt really is.