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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ "Certainly the football and basketball teams had people who really shouldn't have been there."
Based on what? Why would you deem these people less deserving than you? Sounds like you wouldn't have been there without athletic ability, either. Why pass judgment on those getting the same opportunity you did? [/quote]

It's zero sum game.  The football player gets a spot.   The kid that is better positioned to use all that football time to take advantage of academic opportunities is not admitted.

The college prefers that the athlete spend time running or throwing a ball or whatever it is they do, over engaging in academics with that same time.  There are only 24 hours in a day and the colleges want a solid chunk of it spent on sports by many of their students.  [b]That is where the colleges values lie.[[/b]/quote]
This is kind of ridiculous bc most admitted are not going to be playing collegiate athletics, much less football. What if you had two applicants with equal stats, but one was an athlete in a sport that needed a player? Could the athlete then get the nod for admissions over the non-athlete?[/quote]

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