Sally Jenkins on how to fix college sports.

[pmjoe]

There are only 2 major things to fix for college sports:
Divest the NCAA of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's the billion dollar gorilla in the room that makes the NCAA all about $$$$$ instead of being the governing sports body it's supposed to be.Get rid of the rules that have turned college football into a farm system for the NFL. Students who don't want to or should not be attending college should not be forced to attend college to play professional football.

 

[dfm135psu]

Re: No to #3 and #5

Originally posted by bdgan:

5. Give academic credit for athletics - No! I'm OK with free physical education credits but that's it. Kids need credits that satisfy a legitimate degree program. Football is not a legitimate degree program.

Why is football not a legitimate degree program, but theatre and music are? (I know you're not explicitly saying that, I'm just making a larger point)

 

[Aoshiro]

Originally posted by pmjoe:

Get rid of the rules that have turned college football into a farm system for the NFL. Students who don't want to or should not be attending college should not be forced to attend college to play professional football.

THIS ^^^^^