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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended an Ivy (though not Harvard) and counted plenty of athletes among my friends.  I assure you that the overwhelming majority of them were phenomenal students in addition to being talented athletes.  Outside of luring some top football and basketball recruits, top colleges do not generally have to lower their admission standards much, if at all, to bring in athletes.[/quote]

But why this worship of sports as opposed to other talents?  It makes no sense and only is this country is it a thing.  But a thing it is so, oh well.[/quote]

What other talents?  If anyone has a talent and are outstanding at it they are in.

Part of why it is a thing here is that sports are lower class in most other countries meaning the best athletes do not go to college and play there.  We have a different system.  It is a better system but it is different.[/quote]

It is a zero sum game.   The football team needs what they need.  Who cares if another is a better writer than the quarterback?   Throwing a football is more desirable for some reason and the QB gets the spot even if he is not is a better position to leverage the academic opportunities available.[/quote]
I mean, if you're bothering to have a football team, you might as well try to have a decent QB. QBs can write essays, too. I'm aware of a FB player recruited to multiple Ivies who is not really what I would consider an outstanding player but does apparently get good grades in rigorous classes. [/quote]

Sure but is the QB best positioned to take advantage of an outstanding writing program when that is not their interest?  Doubt it.    But all these schools want to recruit athletes...they just do [/quote]
Can the outstanding writer can play QB? Do you think being good at one automatically excludes being good at the other? If they have the sport, they need someone to play it. If you don't think they should have the sport, should they also not have other extracurricular activities? [/quote]

Who cares?  This is an institution of higher learning.  Can you major in football?[/quote]
But why should you get to deem who is worthy of admission and who isn't?[/quote]

This is a chat forum not an ad com.  You think football talent is a lot more valuable and I do.  Difference of opinion.[/quote]
Why would you want to pay to send your kids somewhere if you don't approve of how they admit applicants. Real talk. [/quote]

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