Hats off to John Schroeder's column on Hugh Hewitt's website about how universities are horribly failing their athletes. I've personally been horrified as I've seen that too many former football and basketball players are given "Cadillac tastes" with the adulation of students and fans, along with training tables and the like, and then proceed to have a "Chevy budget" because their degrees, if any, really don't qualify them for a good paying job.
And for what it's worth, this hits minorities hardest, as I remember seeing that at some schools, white football players graduate about 80% of the time, while black players graduate 50% of the time. I don't believe that schools are doing minority athletes any favors with this system.
Time to get colleges out of the pro sports business, and back into the education business.
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