re: Must read this article on the destruction of college football!

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But is it right to allow students into said school who don't meet the schools academic requirements.

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Perversely, I’d argue that these low-IQ scholarship athletes actually increase the academic competitiveness of a university. They do this by increasing interest and engagement from HS students, increasing the admissions pool for a limited number of spots, and thereby elevating the academic qualification bar for admission of the general student body.

Also, alumni donations increase, campus engagement increases, and in many cases, the university and college town ecosystem benefits across the board socioeconomically. It’s hard to argue that, to a point that most schools have not yet reached, it’s inarguably a good thing.