[Mick]

I don't understand why anyone would purposefully hobble a major activity at a major university that had already made major commitments and had major success in that activity. It makes zero sense. You don't like athletics? Fine. Eliminate the varsity program and commit to club sports, or go D3 or NAIA. But you're already moderating basic academic admissions underwriting guidelines in order to attract athletes. If you're already committed to doing so, why hobble the program on purpose? Why not allow it -- forget about "allow", why not encourage it to succeed?

I just don't understand that line of thinking.

I knew a number of, shall we say, lesser academic lights at SCU, happened to be on the football team. They did very well in sales, subsequent to graduation. Reminds me of the billionaire speaking at Rice's graduation. He asks, one by one, the pre-law, the pre-med and the engineering students to stand up, each to general cheering. Then he asks the students who were going into sales to stand. Amid some good-natured jeering, two students stood up. The billionaire said "laugh all you want, but these two are going to make more than the rest of you..."

[Mick]

I don't understand why anyone would purposefully hobble a major activity at a major university that had already made major commitments and had major success in that activity. It makes zero sense. You don't like athletics? Fine. Eliminate the varsity program and commit to club sports, or go D3 or NAIA. But you're already moderating basic academic admissions underwriting guidelines in order to attract athletes. If you're already committed to doing so, why hobble the program on purpose? Why not allow it -- forget about "allow", why not encourage it to succeed?

I just don't understand that line of thinking.

I knew a number of, shall we say, lesser academic lights at SCU, happened to be on the football team. They did very well in sales, subsequent to graduation. Reminds me of the billionaire speaking at Rice's graduation. He asks, one by one, the pre-law, the pre-med and the engineering students to stand up, each to general cheering. Then he asks the students who were going into sales to stand. Amid some good-natured jeering, two students stood up. The billionaire said "laugh all you want, but these two are going to make more than the rest of you..."