Why stop at sports? Plenty of non-athletes at a college get special treatment too . . . the musician, the debater, etc.
Go back to Luddite-ville. Part of the college experience is going beyond the library. And BTW, those coddled athletes consistently get higher GPA’s and serve their communities more than the non-athletes do.
Get real. Let the NBA and NFL run their own farm systems and get the non-students off campus.