The Inequity of the Pursuit of Excellence in College Sports;Time to Divest Athletics From Education: Mutually Exclusive Objectives

John Branch writing for the New York Times in an October 4, 2024 essay titled What Does College Football Have to Do With College? then goes on to explain why the question matters: "The question isn’t new. But seismic changes to college sports, embraced by Coach Deion Sanders and his University of Colorado Buffaloes, have made it more relevant than ever."

Khrushchev: We will convert America’s infidels, without firing a single firing single shot into Muslims or atheists.

We can’t expect the American people to covert from Christianity to atheism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses until they awaken one day to find that they are no longer a Christian nation.

On Tuesday, the university of Tennessee shared with football season-ticket holders via email, an what is believed to be the first arrangement of its kind: Tennessee fans for all sports will be charged a 10% "talent fee" on tickets to help pay athletes as part of the new revenue-sharing plan set to begin in 2025. Nothing to do with academic excellence.


Branch writes that Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, drives a Rolls-Royce and earns more than $5 million in sponsorship deals, according to estimates by On3. Last April, near the end of his third semester on campus, Sanders attended an in-person class for the first time. It was filmed for his social media accounts.

In a nut shell, Branch describes the
Pareto Rule of College Sports: 99% of college players never make it to the professional league


According to WalletHub financial writer Adam McCann in a July 2 article titled “Most & Least Educated Cities in America” (2024,) Ann Arbor, Michigan, was No. 1 on WalletHub’s list of most educated metropolitan areas with an overall score of 93.7 out 100.

Meanwhile, 100% of student athletes are subdidised by taxpayers.Why do you think the cost of operating a higher education institution has grown exponentially?

Meanwhile, Newsweek’s Joe Edwards reports that Washington state has not only seen the biggest influx of college-educated Americans, but Seattle is the least-religious large metro area. In addition. Washington not only has several student loan forgiveness programs that are specific to just the State of Washington, but residents can also qualify for various Federal student loan forgiveness programs. Consistent with the Law of Bilk; Residents who want to bilk the system go where they are welcomed and stay where they are protected and well treated. Soon, passing the bar exam will no longer be a requirement for becoming a lawyer in Washington.

In the past. a degree meant something: the degree holder was responsible, hard-worker, independent and most of all, was well versed in their field of study.. If that person left and went to another state, that would be a brain drain. It is no longre brain drain but more like dead weight augmentation for the receiving state.

It doesn't sound like Shedeur Sanders expects to be at Colorado much longer.
As the team broke from a post-scrimmage huddle, Sanders said, "Register for classes?" Then laughed. He followed that up by saying, "I'm going to the league

Oregon is Undefeated and at No. 1 with a bottomless budget.

Oregon says the cost of operating the university is overwhelming.

So, what does college sports have to do with academics, you ask?

Nothing!

College Sports is profit center.

So, when the likes of Adam McCann and Joe Edwards report about the Most and Least Educated Cities in America, they should really be more precise and identify whether they mean Educated, Indoctrinated or Degree Holders.