Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Universities should focus more on education and less on sports

Universities should focus more on education and less on sports. This is not the case with all universities, but it is true with a large number of them. I do not have anything against athletes who have to depend on athletic scholarships to be able to attend a university. Perhaps university education should be made more affordable for everyone. Many universities recruit athlete to attend their schools for the benefit of their sports teams. They spend a lot of money on these programs. On what do they spend the money that they make through these programs? What is the purpose of universities if not education? Yes, I have said that I am a fan of Kansas teams, but I would like to see these schools and other state schools offer more affordable education. Sports should take less of a role in schools. Too many athletes who get athletic scholarships are not equipped for facing life after graduation from school. I blame the universities for this failure. They only seem to care about what these athletes can do for the school while they are there on the teams. They do not seem to care about what happens to them after they graduate. This seems like a form of exploitation to me. One of the reasons that I chose to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro was that there was more emphasis placed on academics. How well a university prepares its students for life should be more important than how many championships its teams have won.

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