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[quote=Anonymous]As the parent of 2 kids in college – one athlete and one non-athlete – this is the typical paranoid “my kid is at a competitive disadvantage” mumbo jumbo that always arises when the acceptance/rejection letters start getting sent out.  Folks use any excuse as to why their kids did not get accepted into where they wanted.  “Must be the athletes.”  “Must be the minorities.”  “Must be the legacies.” Ok, I will give you the last one.

Harvard University has a basketball team in the Division 1 Top 25.  I have not heard anyone complain about the overall quality of Harvard graduates.  Stanford has one of the top athletic programs across the board in NCAA Division 1.  No complaints about overall quality of graduates. Heck, among the NCAA Division 3 schools, Amherst and Williams have athletic and arts programs near the top.  Anybody have any complaints about the quality of their grads?

Oh, we are not “losing” to China because of the presence of athletes in college.  We are “losing” because our MS and HS math and science programs lag behind and, in Chnia, only the best and brightest receive a high level formal education.

Personally, I just think the whole premise of this thread creates an unfair perception of ahtletes at top academic schools.  
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