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[QUOTE="GoSU96, post: 1052626, member: 114"]
The academics that disdain athletics are the kind that believe the Universities are there for their benefit.     For a group that is in front of preaching "diversity" they can be awfully narrow minded about the role athletics plays in the lives of individual participant students and the avenue to opportunity to athletes that wouldn't have that opportunity otherwise, the attractiveness and quality of life for the non participant student, the brand identity for the school that is created in the general community and role in attracting future students, the funding that is generated by major programs to support non revenue sports and associated facilities used by the general student population for recreation, intramural and club sports.    The major athletic programs create bonds between the school and it's alumni and the surrounding community.

Someone should remind them they are employee's.   Another case where people forget who they are working for.    It's as bad as the fans who forget that the sports programs are operated in the context of an academic institution with a broader mission than win and losses and dollars.
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