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onehunna  ·  4232 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The college-athletics business: Basket cases | The Economist

Couldn't disagree more. It's true that there are serious issues with the NCAA (as far as corruption goes) and that's been no secret for more than a minute now. Definite broad and sweeping changes need to be made across the board but eliminate athletics from all universities? That's crazy talk homie.

I'll preface what I'm about to say with this: I think we're both coming at this from a biased standpoint. I'm assuming you're not a sports fan. I'm a huge sports guy. I love everything about it. But stating that sports should be abolished from schools because it's not a scholarly endeavor? That's the absurdity right there. Should we get rid of clubs then, too? What about university organized dances and get-togethers?

Athletics are huge money draws for schools and give the students something to be enthusiastic and excited about. Most universities emphasize some sort of 'pride' for attending their school, and sports are a huge part of that. The dumb 'jocks' that are sucking up all of that precious scholarship money are just as much a part of the student body as everyone else, and just because you may view their talents as less worthy than say, some Biology major, doesn't make it so.