I played sports all through college, and looking back I wonder why i played for my college team and not a local club. Particularly looking at the culture and im

I played sports all through college, and looking back I wonder why i played for my college team and not a local club. Particularly looking at the culture and impact of sports at the college level (most notably football and basketball). It seems to me that decoupling sports from schools at both college and high school level would realign incentives better.