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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it strange that Chicago puts no value on the sports which creates community. They have super smart kids who deserve some fun and community. Many Ivy League schools have fun sports culture. Boosters want to go to things to get excited and remember how much they loved going to school.[/quote]

Because not all kids give an eff about sports?[/quote]

Exactly--what I appreciate are there are a range of schools.  Watching sports does not equal fun and community for everyone.  There are plenty of American schools where someone who finds sports important to community can go.  There are relatively few for those who would prefer the sense of community to be largely based on something else.[/quote]

If you don't care about sports (I didn't, even though I went to a huge D1 sports school) then the existence of sports on campus doesn't hurt you. You probably won't be in any classes with athletes and you are not forced to attend games. You can easily go find your community of people who base that on something else, and that community has no overlap with the sports community.

In short there is no downside to having sports at a school. The non-sporty kids can and do ignore it.[/quote]

Except that sports use up a lot of resources.  Yes, at some schools they generate revenue, but at many they are a huge resource sink.[/quote]

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