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Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

I thought that they were supposed to be students involved in sports, not athletes that may attend a class once in a while.

This whole US college sports program is a total mystery to most people not living in the USA.

Wayne

I would agree, but you can't be half pregnant. And that's where it is right now. There's a facade of the "student-athlete" at so many colleges and universities, that you might as well, either buck up and make it a reality, or let it go. I'm for the latter, because the former is impossible to achieve.

Even at the service academies, athletes are given minor preferential treatment....both in admission and during attendance.

Some of the beacons of the whole issue (like Duke and Penn State) still have significant concessions for athletes.

Obivously the problem originated from the fact that college sports used to end with graduation, but with the proliferation of professional athletics, and with all the money surrounding college athletics now, they're really in an occupation (or apprenticeship) program, more than an academic program.

Whether we like it or not, NCAA athletes DO bring value to the universities and colleges....both monetarily and socially/developmentally.

Like I said at the beginning, it's a "$hit or get off the pot" type issue. You can't be half pregnant. If you're going to make concessions, then be decisive about it. Don't piss on our back and tell us it's raining. They all do it, so let's accept it and move on with life.