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[quote=Anonymous]Been a while since I was in college but in my day at an elite Northeastern institution, most athletes were white. Race was never something that came up when talking about the athlete - non athlete divide, except for that being an athlete did help transcend the racial divide on campus.

Perhaps it's different at a flagship state university or places like Duke and Stanford with national sports teams recruiting many black athletes relative to the rest of the student body.

I did room with an athlete my first year. Nice kid and a wrestler. But he was always with the team. Away for games, away for training, hanging out with his teammates. Playing a college sport is intense and that's on top of the regular academic workload. It's inevitable that a strong team environment is going to create a strong community comparable to a fraternity or a theater group. The athletes gravitate to it for obvious reasons, it is their college experience. Nothing can be done about it. And I'm not sure why anything should be done about it. I respect the stamina and dedication required of playing a college sport while most students are lazy and sleeping late. And it clearly delivers rewards as athletes are more likely to go on to successful lives. [/quote]

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