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What's happened with Division-1 college revenue sports is that the word "students" has been mangled beyond recognition. Meanwhile the investment in the drama de
by analog31 1y ago
What's happened with Division-1 college revenue sports is that the word "students" has been mangled beyond recognition. Meanwhile the investment in the drama department is in perpetual decline.
The question in my mind is if society would be better off recognizing the athletes as "workers" instead of as "students."
To offer a bit of contrast, I attended a Division-3 college where the starting quarterback was a physics major, and the captain of the basketball team majored in chemistry. When a Divsion-1 football player majors in a substantive discipline, it makes the national news.
- nradov 1y agoWhy should universities focus on drama? People can learn acting at their local community theater. To be clear I'm not in favor of eliminating college drama departments. But it's rather silly and arbitrary to claim that drama is somehow more important than sports.