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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 40347" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>You and Jason have mistaken me here. I know that most AAs are self-sufficient. What bothers me about big-time college sports is the humungous amount of attention that garners from the alums and the state legislatures. It's like this: state legislatures want to reduce taxes –> state legislatures reduce funds for public higher education –> public universities try to recoup difference from federal grants and contribs from alums –> public universities emphasize sports to keep alums happy –> alums pressure legislatures to favor "their" institutions with the limited funds available and with regulations favoring them and to avoid upsetting the apple cart by emphasizing academic standards –> and the public schools that are serious about high quality education for their students (a public good if ever there was one) end up like Tech. </p><p></p><p>It's a cycle you can see everywhere. It's actually not as bad in Georgia as in most places. Our state puts in a good effort for education, but it doesn't pay off too well when your state is 38th in per capita income. If you look over the border to the Heart of Darkness (i.e. Alabama) you can see just how bad this picture can get. Sooooo … short Points: public education needs to emphasize, you know, education. Leave the training of pro athletes to the businesses involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 40347, member: 265"] You and Jason have mistaken me here. I know that most AAs are self-sufficient. What bothers me about big-time college sports is the humungous amount of attention that garners from the alums and the state legislatures. It's like this: state legislatures want to reduce taxes –> state legislatures reduce funds for public higher education –> public universities try to recoup difference from federal grants and contribs from alums –> public universities emphasize sports to keep alums happy –> alums pressure legislatures to favor "their" institutions with the limited funds available and with regulations favoring them and to avoid upsetting the apple cart by emphasizing academic standards –> and the public schools that are serious about high quality education for their students (a public good if ever there was one) end up like Tech. It's a cycle you can see everywhere. It's actually not as bad in Georgia as in most places. Our state puts in a good effort for education, but it doesn't pay off too well when your state is 38th in per capita income. If you look over the border to the Heart of Darkness (i.e. Alabama) you can see just how bad this picture can get. Sooooo … short Points: public education needs to emphasize, you know, education. Leave the training of pro athletes to the businesses involved. [/QUOTE]
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