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[QUOTE="Engineer90, post: 3150598, member: 9712"]
Yes, really!  You know, send the most qualified kids, academically, to the best schools they can get into.  It really shouldn't be that crazy of a concept.  It is fair and it is wise.  And, if the schools don't lose money on sports, all of the kids pay less.  I'm not seeing the downside here.

Now, as for the qualifications, are you saying that you don't think it may be true that some (many in the case of some schools) of the kids that are recruited athletes get in ahead of kids with far better qualifications sans athletic ability?  I really hope not.  Everyone thinks that for a reason.  It is true.  Some people go along with it because they want their school to win.  And, if college sports exists as it does in its current incarnation, it benefits the school to win from a marketing standpoint.  Again, I would like to see college sports go to club and intramural only for all colleges.  Then you don't have to worry about your school being at a marketing disadvantage.  And they all save money.  The students pay less to go there.  More kids get into their more preferred choices.  The sad thing is that this isn't the only admissions and financially foolish issue colleges are willingly engaging in.
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