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A healthy mind in a healthy body. We should all aspire to it. It's a beautiful thing, to have institutions nurture both athletes and scholars.
by trgn 3y ago
A healthy mind in a healthy body. We should all aspire to it. It's a beautiful thing, to have institutions nurture both athletes and scholars.
- whyenot 3y agoMaybe it's a "beautiful thing" for some sports, but for contact sports like football, it doesn't lead to a "healthy mind." Instead, it leads to brain damage. CTEs didn't go away just because we stopped talking about them.
- wolverine876 3y agoYour comment seems sarcastic, but the athletes aren't getting much of the beautiful mind part, few students get the athletic experience, and the institutions are nuturing their TV revenue. Good intramural sports would serve far more students.
- trgn 3y agoI wasn't sarcastic! point taken though, maybe the choice of sports does not fit the ideal.