WinterBorn
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Yes, they could.
Of course, they'd lose a lot of money in revenues produced by college sports, along with contributions from alumni boosters.
It strikes me that there is a lot of money being generated here, but the people performing most of the actual labor- the student athletes - aren't getting all that much out of it. They don't get paid, and in some cases, the academic benefit they are getting is questionable.
The academic benefit is questionable?? How is a full scholarship questionable?
The ruling came down at Northwestern University. The cost of attending NU for 1 year is $59,950. So these 18 & 19 years old kids are getting quite a bit for their effort. And it will pay off hugely in their future.
Just because you overcharge someone for a service, doesn't make the service worth the money.
Hey, did you hear about this one?
The UNC fake class scandal: Athlete got an A- for a one-paragraph paper.
The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill has already been embroiled in a scandal for allowing its athletes to enroll in fake courses for easy credit. Now, the whole controversy has a rather potent visual symbol to go along with it: a 146-word, ungrammatical essay on Rosa Parks that earned an A- for a real intro class.*
Mary Willingham, who spent a decade tutoring and advising UNC’s jocks before turning into a whistleblower, unveiled the paper during an interview with ESPN. As the segment explains, academically troubled UNC athletes were encouraged to sign up for so-called “paper classes”—which were essentially no-work independent studies involving a single paper that allowed functionally illiterate football players to prop up their GPAs, thus satisfying the NCAA’s eligibility requirements. While viewers were not treated to any of the "work" produced in those courses, Willingham did show this paper she later clarified was written for an actual intro class, in which the athlete finished with an A-:
Oh, UNC's Annual Tuition? $30,122.00.
Northwestern fills its classes every year. It is not overcharging if there are plenty of people who think the value is worth the cost. A degree from NU is worth a far more in your career.
Did you hear about Barrett Jones? He played every position on the offensive line, was a key player on 3 BCS Championships. And...."Off the field, he has earned a degree in accounting, graduating summa cum laude in August 2011 with a 4.0 grade point average. He graduated in December 2012 with his masters again maintaining a 4.0 GPA." from Barrett Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Or how about Greg McElroy? He was the starting QB on the team that won an SEC Championship and the BCS Championship. His final season he led his team to 14-0 record. "McElroy graduated from Alabama in three years with a degree in business marketing. As an undergraduate he had a 3.85 GPA, and applied for, but did not win, a Rhodes Scholarship in 2010. In December 2010 he obtained a Master of Science degree in sports management, completing it with a 4.0 GPA."
from Greg McElroy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The incident you sited from NC is corruption. That is a different topic. The student-athletes are responsible for their own course selection and academic progress. As you can see, there are athletes that make the most of their academic opportunities.
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