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They're better athletes than run of the mill students, and sure they had to work at it, but what does the fact that they're the 1000th best football player in the country bring to the school?   At the end of the day what real value do they bring to the school?[/quote]

Why don't you ask the people who admit them?  Because obviously they feel they do bring value to the school.  Unless you are claiming they don't know what they are doing over there in Cambridge.

Of course, when [i]you [/i]run a college, you will get to decide what that college derives value from.[/quote]

You're missing my point.  If the college can say it values this level of athletic ability, then how anyone then say they can't also value diversity?  [b]Being an athlete is not intrinsically valuable to a school.[/b]

The issue I have is that URMs are the sole target of white grievance while ignoring this larger pool of applicants.  I'm fine with colleges admitting athletes and I'm fine with colleges admitting URMs.  It's not clear to me how you can be for one and not for the other.  At the end of the day, 80% of applicants are 'qualified' to attend.  The schools make decisions from there in what kind of student body they want at their school.  [/quote]

Not missing your point.  In fact, you stated it again, as I bolded above.  You don't get to decide that.[/quote]

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