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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sports recruiting to college is what it is.  It is an entrenched industry and hook.  It makes no logical sense but such is life.  You need to understand this game and play it the best you can.  [/quote]

But you could say the same about the standardized testing industry, right? And now test optional is working to upend that.

A school could say tomorrow "We are no longer giving preference to athletes in admissions" and not only would it not diminish the quality of their applicant pool, it could improve it by drawing attention from the many, many applicants who are not athletes and want a shot at admissions where their non-athletic extra-curriculars are given the same weight as athletics.

Sure, there are schools that couldn't do this because boosters who are obsessed with the school's football team (ahem*notre dame*ahem) would lose their minds. But there are plenty of schools where that's not true, and where the value of the school to students and alumni has jack squat to do with the athletics program.

And I'm not saying get rid of the athletic program. Athletics are great. I'm just saying there is absolutely room in the landscape for more schools to just eschew a heavy preference for athletics in admissions without negatively impacting the school at all. Some people care and derive a lot of pride out of seeing their school do well at athletics, but many of us just don't care. I personally went to a university that spent a ton of money on it's football program and it wasn't even good. Such a waste.[/quote]

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