I have ranted and raved against sports on campus- not because I believe our students are not entitled to such diversions, but because the money and power these programs have accumulated are poisoning academia. (We already have petty bourgeoisie battles over tenure; the sports battles, on the other hand, are far from petty.)
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This has nothing to do with the fact that I am not a fan of college sports. But, think about it…USC, Ohio State, Miami, and now Penn State. The latter situation is not the normal money, power, fame thing- but it’s related. No, it’s not Wall Street with its money abuses. (There’s nothing wrong with profit- there’s something wrong when you operate the way Wall Street has and does.)
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