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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yet the students on those teams are precisely the type of students most colleges and universities want.  Why?  Because those scholar athletes bring something special to the table.  They are leaders.  They are determined.  They understand the concepts of effort and self-regulation.  They get along well with others because they are used to working on a team.  They work hard because they understand that strong input results in strong output.  It would be extremely shortsighted for any university to start cutting sports teams.[/quote]

Lol. Sure.[/quote]

Agreed. Like a PP said, this describes every kid that works toward anything.[/quote]

I’m also very dubious of the link between college sports and future success. I attended a NESCAC school, where sports was big, but obviously nothing like a D1 powerhouse. Pretty much all of my female athlete friends are now SAHMs and all the guys who are making a ton of $ (which I don’t necessarily think correlated with success) got there because of connections. Or, they are now coaching their sport at a HS.[/quote]

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