Totally agree and great post overall.
While mostly unrelated to this scandal, I hate the way that athletics have essentially taken over colleges and universities. It's a farce to see barely literal people not only admitted to the best schools but heavily recruited and pampered as well. Just so they can throw a ball around for the school team. Meanwhile, those students who take academics seriously are pushed off to the side.
I have nothing against sports but it seems that our college system is more occupied with being a "farm team" for the professional leagues than turning out educated people who by realizing their full potential, can change the world and make it a better place.
Of course, it's a pipe dream to expect anything to change. These college sports bring MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of dollars into the schools. It's at the point now where a college football coach earns more money than the entire faculty at the science or engineering departments.
You mean like some colleges in NC the basketball players stay a year?