“The belief that college sports are a financial boon to colleges and universities is generally misguided," the [Delta Cost Project] report states. "Although some big-time college sports athletic departments are self-supporting – and some sports may be profitable enough to help support other campus sports programs – more often than not, the colleges and universities are subsidizing athletics, not the other way around.”
Think about that. If you are an American man, quite likely your free-time enjoyment, pride in your home city, maybe even your own self-esteem, all come from government-subsidized sporting events featuring immature teens and young adults doing a kabuki dance of "amateur" athletics.
Dontcha think that's kinda weird?
Now, if only we could get the Tea Parties mobilized against all this waste and fraud in higher education, as the cost of college skyrockets and the quality of our higher education plummets, then maybe something would change!....
By Kevin Kiley
January 16, 2013 | Insider Higher Ed
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