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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 52235, member: 628"]
But that's not the point.  What I said has nothing to do with money being evil.  It has everything to do with priorities.  Should an educational institution be placing such a high priority on funding the construction of expensive athletic training facilities?  Again, it may be done independent of also placing a high priority on funding the construction of expensive academic facilities, or it may not, hence the question being asked.

Personally, I think that *if* a university is going to sink so much money into athletic facilities than the university should have a School of Athletics just like a School of Communications, or a School of Business.  Putting aside the argument over paying athletes, I do believe strongly that letting kids major in athletics should be a viable choice.

My wife went to SU to major in music.  Music was not considered an extracurricular the way sports are at SU, nor should it be.  So why can't a kid who's being recruited to play football at SU be able to major in athletics?  Make it just like a liberal arts eductaion -- give him a core of 30-40 credits that must be earned in the School of Athletics along with credits that have to be earned in other disciplines.

Guess I'm veering off topic, sorry.
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