What Price Athletic Success On America's Campuses?

MayorBob.

Posted to Etcetera on Tue Dec 19, 2006 at 11:56:36 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

According to mission statements of most major colleges and universities, the emphasis belongs on the first word of the term "student athlete." The primary purpose of these institutions is to advance knowledge, promote teaching and research, and help society discover new ways to overcome its most pressing problems.  According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) the words are synonymous with each other because "when the athlete can no longer play, the student can still succeed."  Please note that you would be hard put to find a school which will place athletic success above academic achievement or promote the idea that rules and regulations meant to insure the primacy of academics above athletics on the school campus are meant to be bent or broken.  However, there are reports of some schools' lax enforcement of standards which make you question the veracity of the official line.

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