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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. The answer is straightforward. In college, athletes do better financially on average after graduation and they donate more. Academically, especially at competitive schools, they aren’t as good on average as the very top academic students but they aren’t far behind and hold their own academically, while also playing their sport at a very high level. Essentially, they launch successfully out of college at a higher rate than the rest of the student population and so bring more money back.

High schools recognize this so the competitive ones recruit athletes. [/quote]

The money that comes back is from sports *fans* not athletes in particular. The Good Ol Boys who are excited to see their team win.

Non basketball/football college athletes on the NCAA teams are largely there because they are rich enough to get trained to be scouted, and succeed because they are rich, not because they were on a school team. The same rich kid is just as useful if they don't play the sport.

Being physically fit is a big boon in life, but that doesn't require anywhere near school team level. [/quote]

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