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[QUOTE="Moontan, post: 141001, member: 166"]
Or one could look at it another way... athletics gives these people a chance at an education.  Athletic departments invest a lot of resources in providing tutoring and other support for student athletes.  Skeptics would claim this is just to keep athletes eligible, others will point out that it allows motivated student athletes to actually mature, learn and obtain a meaningful education.  The reality is that both situations occur.  There are many examples of student athletes who have benefited greatly in life, and academically, by having athletic ability.

All major universities allow one to donate how one sees fit.  I donate to Syracuse University both academically (partially to the general fund, partially to school which houses my major of study, and partially to a particular scholarship fund) and athletically (mostly to the general fund and occasionally to a particular sport or fund raising goal).  I suspect I'm not the only one.  Oh, and in case you're interested, my academic donations outweigh my athletic donations.
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