tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post8770361510702419030..comments2024-01-19T16:59:18.969-08:00Comments on All the Best Bits: Sports As EducationPhillip Alveldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07385209784282272315noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post-89202392090434222002006-09-29T22:39:00.000-07:002006-09-29T22:39:00.000-07:00You have, on occasion, expressed frustration when ...You have, on occasion, expressed frustration when comparing the amount of money that goes into college sports versus the amount of money that goes into scientific studies.<br /><br />Granted that this argument raises science in particular, rather than the general scholarship represented by atheletes graduating in any number of majors, but it would seem as if these results gesture towards a greater good being served by college sports, something worthy in its (possible) contribution to the intellectual capability (or level of informedness) of the culture / species.<br /><br />Either that, or teachers or more likely to bend their standards when grading atheletes, so more atheletes (than non-atheletes) are passing without doing the work. In which case, all of that money spent on sports in college is actually dumbing down the populace as a whole. <br /><br />Hmmmm ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com