MIT has sports, but they're hardly overshadowing the academics. The Ivy League was founded with the very purpose of combating the out of control expansion of co

MIT has sports, but they're hardly overshadowing the academics. The Ivy League was founded with the very purpose of combating the out of control expansion of college football [1]. None of them offer athletic scholarships (although it is known that strong athletic ability can help get you admitted). A lot of top universities, such as the members of the University Athletic Association [2], have chosen NCAA Division 3, which also does not permit athletic scholarships. Spelman College, a very highly regarded historically black college for women, just recently dropped their interscolastic sports [3]. Plenty of examples exist, but it's clear that the periodic backlash against college sports is not a prevailing trend. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Athletic_Association http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Athletic_Association [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/sports/at-spelman-dropping-sports-in-favor-of-fitness.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/sports/at-spelman-dropping...