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Originally posted by DeltAlum
However, my disagreement is with those (mostly Division One) schools for whom athletics are (again, this is my opinion) so important that academic standards are disregarded and athletes are given benefits (and problems overlooked) that would not accrue to "normal" students.
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But this goes all the way down to the fabric of our society. Somewhere along the way we decided that it's more important to throw a football than achieving scientific growth or performing a task to build our communities. And it's not likely to change until the average person becomes so disillusioned with professional sports that they decide otherwise.