Should we also cancel the drama program, debate team, musical ensembles, and school newspaper?
burgerbrain seems to be saying this, which is what I responded to.
> When those subjects which tie into academics better than athletics.
Tie in differently, not better. There are many ways to learn and many lessons to be learned. Drama, debate, music, newspaper, and sports, among others, are all different paths to learn those lessons.
I am not justifying the large amounts of money spent on sports programs. What I am saying is that sports do educate people and provide an important opportunity for students in many ways. Saying "nothing is learned while playing sports" is false.
burgerbrain seems to be saying this"
Absolutely incorrect. I merely believe they should not receive disproportionate funding, compared to other non-academic clubs; and assert that like other non-academic clubs, they should play absolutely no role in acceptance.
"Tie in differently, not better"
BULLSHIT. Journalism (newspaper club) is a respected academic study. Tackling dudes on a lawn over a ball is not. Drama, debate, and music are similarly intellectual endeavours, not sports.
"What I am saying is that sports do educate people"
Spoken like a true meathead. Even if they did educate, which is a laughable claim, they have no place in the curriculum of universities.
The professor's interest in skiing gave him direction for his life's work. Professor performs manufacturing and machining research, using his intuition and experience from the slopes and applies it in his labs.
This professor is a campus favorite, inspiring many in his courses, and often advises senior design projects that deal with winter sports technologies, which gives those students skills that are valuable in the workplace.
Without a ski race program this person would not have even been in college. He would have been skiing and skiing only. The US would not have had a competent manufacturing researcher and professor.
This seems to show benefit from sports programs. No?
I gave a concrete example of how they did help. That is all.
There is a lot of athlete-hating in this thread.
Key part of your post.
American Football is not a course, and contains no intellectual content. Pretending otherwise just makes you look a fool.
Learning how to organize a team of people with varying skills and abilities to come together, set a plan, execute on it repeatedly, and then repeat that day in and day out over 4 years through countless types of adversity and unexpected events while living in close quarters and changing as people over time has no value on the job.
/sarcasm