Quote Originally Posted by Tim_T View Post
First off, I wasn't ridiculing anyone, merely making a point. Sports scholarships are self supporting, so they are not taking away from a single person that wanted to go to college.

If you knew people that couldn't go to college because of money, I have to wonder if they had any business there anyway. The less money you have, the easier it is to actually go to college.

You don't agree with awarding scholarships for something that actually brings money into the overall student body? Wow, I figure with your views you would be all about sports scholarships. After all, those people work as hard or harder than you ever did but most were not able to pay their way. If you want to do away with sports scholarships, than you should do away with all scholarships. After all, academic scholarships are nothing but a gift to reward someone for hard work, much like a sports scholarships.

One last thing on the subject, you do realize that scholarship athletes have a higher graduation rate than the regular student body don't you?
I don't know where you get your facts from about self sustaining athletic programs from, but according to the Lexington Herald your facts are wrong. See attached link. http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/01/2...at-a-cost.html As for graduation rates, does your numbers account for regular tuition paying students who can't afford to finish school or the ones that go to work before they graduate? Are these kids really a failure in school? Do you know that athletes generally have access to free tutors and free regular meal plans with free housing and other students do not? If you use NCAA numbers do you realize they consider an athletic transfer student a success at every school they attend and not just the one they graduate from? If all things were equal, which group would have the best grad rate?