When prestigious universities in our nation provide preferential treatment to dysfunctional and troubled athletes and have problems admitting other students something is fundamentally out of order. Our nation and those venues which suffer from the antics of wayward youth are not enhanced by universities and colleges which reward failure and give sanction to sports and athleticism over values and principles.
Communities and youth at risk are not empowered by opportunities which provide for, excuses, and deflection. There is something fundamentally wrong when we as a society allow athletic departments at our universities to engaged in social engineering.
The regents and presidents of our colleges and universities must intervene when the goals of sports are more important than the goals of responsibility and accountability.
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Not until the money is taken out of the game will you get the response you want from University leadership.
...and the money will not be taken out of the game, because it is the game which provides the majority with something they need: Entertainment -- Violent entertainment to distract them from the sour taste of daily living. A daily mire in which half their wages are confiscated, and the majority of that is not spent in a way that directly benefits them. Televised violence is a conduit through which the natural reaction to such oppression can be safely released. Am I wrong? Simply observe the popularity of boxing, football, car racing (crashes!), mixed martial arts,... All multi-million, perhaps even billion-, dollar industries!
Again, Thrasher, you write from a fundamental premise that the majority is either impotent, or simply isn't there. If you don't want to find yourself on the business end of a majority revolt, then you'd best keep the violent entertainment pipeline flowing free. Keep the frog's eyes fixed on the decoy, otherwise he might realize that he's about to boil.
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