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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][quote=Anonymous][b]They can’t get rid of athletic preferences or they won’t be able to field a team.  It makes no sense.[/b]

I still don’t see how colleges won’t be able to still keep doing it with.holistic admissions .  The whole process is such a random crapshoot anyway,  [/quote]

Maybe sports really shouldn't be that important to colleges.  Much better things to spend the money on. [/quote]

Maybe people should learn that colleges (especially elite colleges) are seeking students who have leadership potential, and that sports are an outstanding way to develop and demonstrate leadership.[/quote]
How, exactly, do sports develop and demonstrate leadership potential?

Take football, for example. The calls are made by the coach/coordinators. The QB is the captain and has some decision making for the team. The linemen meanwhile are nothing more than meatbags. Wide receivers and running backs follow the path laid out by the play decided on by the coach. Where's the leadership? The athletes are low-level pawns, not leaders.

And what about individual sports like swimming, track, etc.? Who exactly are the athletes leading, themselves?

The only purpose of sports is physical activity, which is good for both mental and physical health. But that shouldn't require the 12+ years of highly expensive training that the applicants to these top schools go through. It's nothing more than a filter for wealth. [/quote]

Tell me that you never played team sports without saying you haven't played team sports. [/quote]

I've played multiple team and individual sports. But go ahead and refute my point, show me how being a meatbag on the line improves leadership skills. [/quote]

^ too dumb to Google the countless arguments that refute your inane "point"? :roll:

For example

https://business.cornell.edu/hub/2019/01/11/sports-leadership/[/quote]

Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan were both linemen. Eisenhower played both linebacker and running back.[/quote]
That's an interesting point, because Ford and Reagan were absolutely abysmal leaders and presidents.

But I'm sure Eisenhower was such a great leader and president because he played linebacker/running back in high school, and not because he was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. [/quote]

Um, they all played football in college. And what makes you so sure Eisenhower got none of his military leadership skills from his experience playing football?[/quote]

What about all the other high school and college football players, did they also become Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe and POTUS?[/quote

You can do that research if you have the time. I guarantee the majority are better leaders in whatever they do because of the football (or whatever other sport) they played.[/quote]

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