Having worked at a big 10 school and an SEC school I totally agree and i would abolish the NCAA. On Jul 23, 2015 2:23 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned athletics has no place in college beyond the > intramural level. The idea of college sports as quasi professional is > completely at odds with the real job of college which is education. As long > as there is money to be made in college sports there will be abuse of the > system. At best its a distraction and worst it turns college into a total > sham and makes a degree worthless. > -Curt > From: WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes list <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:07 PM > Subject: [MBZ] OT - UNC-CH integrity & ethics > > Re. the unsavory crap (sham, "paper," classes) going on for nearly 20 > years at UNC-CH to accommodate athletes, an article in today's Raleigh > "News and Observer," discusses two "working groups" (committee's) "looking > at UNC integrity and policies." Co-chair said that they "first want to > define integrity." To save 'em possibly several weeks of haggling, I'm > volunteering my definition of it learned on Momma and Daddy's laps and at > their knees nearly 80 years ago - put simply, integrity is the ability to > do what is right when nobody else is watching. > > Wilton > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com