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>Athletics: Drop athletes that aren't student athletes. I'm sorry, but illiterate players don't belong in college. It's a disservice to them, the rest of the st
by wnevets 11y ago
>Athletics: Drop athletes that aren't student athletes. I'm sorry, but illiterate players don't belong in college. It's a disservice to them, the rest of the students, and the university's reputation. Stop spending astronomical amounts on football (primarily) and other sports, even if it pays for itself it's not needed for an academic environment. Rein these in, keep athletics but cut the programs so they aren't (budget-wise) on the level of some professional teams.
This isn't going to happen in the current environment. There is literally billions of dollars of profit at stake.
- sithadmin 11y ago>There is literally billions of dollars of profit at stake. Only for the top schools in top conferences, which is a relatively small number of universities in the US.
- jdmichal 11y agoYou know those games that big universities play against smaller ones? Those smaller schools get paid to participate -- typically in the millions range. Why else would they willingly walk into a high-probability loss situation? So sure, it's not billions. But it's not necessarily a losing game for those non-top-tier teams either.
- qntmfred 11y agoin aggregate, it is still a losing game for all but the top programs