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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whites are shielded to race preference because of legacy admits. There will be more Asian legacy admits over time.

[b]Lots of people actually LIKE having sports at their college.[/b] I doubt any Duke basketball fan is opposed to special selection of top athletes for the basketball team. It creates a richer environment for everyone.[/quote]

This is a total red herring. You can have sports and yet not have such a high preference given to recruited athletes. Most Div III schools are this way. These are student athletes. They can be good but don't have to play at a professional level. It can be done if the colleges put their heads to it. MIT does it now, and so to many other Div III schools[/quote]

I think that they prefer Division I level competition, though. Division III simply isn’t the same. The point of recruiting is to attract higher level athletes because the school values athletes who can compete at the Division I level. Sure, they could switch to Div III, but that is not their preference.

Sports are part of the college experience at many US schools. There are plenty of schools that don’t value sports as highly, so there are options out there for students who dont care about higher level sports. There are lots of people who like the idea of high level academics and higher level sports at the same school.[/quote]

If a school can value Division I athletics why can’t it decide to value a diverse student body?[/quote]

Because athletics bring in the $$$$$$ [/quote]

No university is getting rich from the royalties of having their fencing or crew team televised. Those sports are there for historical reasons.[/quote]

My guess is that these types of sports (even if people aren't personally interested/able to participate) are part of what makes an "ivy" feel like an ivy. Kind of like how people feel better belonging to a gym they never use. Or they feel richer having a country club nearby that they have no intention of making real use of.[/quote]

Being an elite athlete is not the same as being born with a certain color of one’s skin. Athletic preference for academic scholars counts for something. That’s not the same as using the color of one’s skin to compensate for lower academics. 
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