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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line is the SLACs love athletes because they are more successful post graduation and are better alumni because they tend to give back more and help recent graduates get job offers.  Athletes bring a lot to the table from team work, competition, dealing with adversity and failure, commitment, leadership - all traits that employers are looking for.[/quote]
You have a causation problem. You need to get your chickens and eggs straight.[/quote]

If it was a causation problem, there would not be such a high correlation between female executives and whether they played college sports. [/quote]

What most on here ignore is the fact that athletes are generally more involved and give back more to their school than non-athletes. There are numerous studies that also show that successful sports teams translate into more and bigger donations. While not exactly on point but there was a study done that stated Nick Saban's success at Alabama resulted in an additional billion dollars of investment and donations to the academic side of the university that wouldn't have occurred but for his success. That's why schools do it.[/quote]
Athletes get job networks; it’s like being in a frat or sorority. Now, do they get those job networks and have ultimate success - male and female - because of their special characteristics as people, or because they are athletes?

In defending athletic recruiting by saying, well, they are ultimately more successful so it is justified, you are inadvertently showing how it is unjustified: they got in because they are athletes; and they are getting jobs because they are athletes. In neither case should they be accruing such benefits.

Thanks for pointing out that the college athlete problem is not only an admissions problem, but also a career outcomes problem. Now we have double the reason for getting rid of athlete preferences![/quote]

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