Much of what happens in ‘higher education’ has nothing to do with academics. I don’t think that athletes should be able to take TV remote control 101 and get a degree, but I do think that athletics and education can coexist in a very synergistic way. Does this guy think that education will get better if there is no football? If so, why? It’s quite possible that alumni donations would go down, and thus for tuition to go up.
Look at the other Divisions, 1, 2, etc. Some how they can successfully mix athletics and academics. Just my pov that ‘student athlete’s’[FBS] tend to get more chances than the commons.