It would be better for the government to stop funding these
colleges, until they could show that they were worthy.
You don’t need a license to be worthy necessarily.
Also, what about licensing the state schools with their
useless degrees, like gender studies, cinema, creative
writing....those all could be folded into sociology or
fine arts....get rid of most of the intercollegiate sports
too. Replace that with competitive cardiovascular conditioning
instead...same benefit for the athlete.
They should be run like the businesses that they are. Completely divorce them from anything to do with academics. Pay the players real salaries, eliminate athletic scholarships, and drop any requirements that the athletes be enrolled in the school.
Ditto for high school and junior high sports. Privatize all of these activities. Turn all sports, music, art, cheerleading, theater, etc., over to the departments of recreation, or ( better, yet) **privatize** these activities.