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

It makes a lot of sense, just look at the rating Thursday [/quote]

That's "the game" PP is talking about. Just because success in athletics impacts public perception of colleges does not make this connection logical. If a school makes the tournament this year and gets a boost in applications next year as a result, would you say that's "logical". Or is it maybe weird that a school of higher education would gain popularity from an event that has literally nothing to do with education?[/quote]
+1 how does a sports team winning some game make the academics of that college great?[/quote]

How does having better student attending male academics great?[/quote]

Is this a joke? Being in class and learning with people who are bright, curious will always make learning easier and also raise the overall level of academic performance. I've been in classes with disengaged, incurious people who don't do the reading and don't try and... those classes suck.

Nothing against student athletes but athletics absolutely do not improve the quality of education at a college. They might have social benefits but they don't have academic ones.[/quote]

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