I agree that sports plays a role in the overall education...an important one too, as you stated. The problem is that it does seem that sports has been given greater importance over academics. Getting someone on a college team just because they are a great athlete, but can barely put two coherent sentences together is a problem.
Eric Roberts Owner/Developer Three Ravens Consulting [email protected] http://www.threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-881-1515 -----Original Message----- From: GMoney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:25 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: The 12 Reasons College Costs Keep Rising On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > I agree. The fact of the matter is that the purpose of collleges and > universities is to educate people, not provide entertainment via sports. > Maybe the NBA and NFL should fund sports programs if they want them > instead of the public footing the bill. > As to your second sentence: I agree 100%, the NBA and NFL SHOULD fund sports programs. But to your first sentence, i disagree a bit. The purpose of college is multifaceted. In a broad sense, i think it is to prepare people for their futures. Notice i didn't say future CAREERS. That's a big part of it, yes, but it's a time when people need to learn all sorts of life lessons...responsibility, team work, dedication, self motivation..on and on. A true LIFE education is not just math and science....it's social interaction, competition, team work, etc. etc. Sports are so much more than just bruisers and idiots taking their testosterone for a spin. It has real value, both as a recreational and educational tool. So criticisms of college athletics being used as a tool by major sports franchises are completely legit. But I don't think that should be used to denigrate the sports themselves, or the valuable experience and enjoyment that many student athletes gain by participation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
