>>>In the long run, America will be governed by women. Statistically, they more often qualify for college by brains, than by legs. Therefore, they should be, in the average, more academically oriented.
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>>>I still don't understand how can sports be so important for academic achievement... and I never may.
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>>One word: Money. Universities (Division I) get millions of dollars from TV contracts. This money goes, in some part, to fund women's sports.
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>>Not a year goes by without some school getting caught for violations of recuiting. Not a year goes by without some coach getting fired despite the fact he had a winning record (see Notre Dame).
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>>This just doesn't extend to the colleges, but to the high schools as well in the form of "Booster Clubs".
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>>It's all about the bucks.
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>And sure helps education in general :)

To some degree. However, especially with public universities, the people ending up footing more of the bill than they should.:-(