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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 258597" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I think some of the posts above are missing the forest for the trees. </p><p></p><p>The big problem for post-secondary education these days is the funding levels from public sources are too low. When California abandoned the UC model of providing a college education for every kid in the state who wanted one it started a cascade of problems nationwide that have continued to this day. All of a sudden, the students and their parents became the main source of funding. That meant:</p><p></p><p>Increasing tuition rates to cover the shortfalls in construction funding –> increased demands by faculty and staff for higher salaries (if the kids are willing to pay more, why not?) –> more staff to raise funds and run activities (not educational, of course) to attract students –> more efforts to attract funds from private business, foundations, and (#1 with a bullet) alums and </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">–> More emphasis on collegiate sports </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">What we are now running into is the returns on this. Does football help with getting students on campus? Sure, a lot of kids go to schools where they can play ball and their parents watch. My son went to Trinity College, a really good school. The admissions people were very straightforward about it: they let him in at least in part to play lacrosse, just like they </span>touted their sports programs to 40% or so of their applicants. <em>But …</em> </p><p></p><p>All of that is not what the problem is now with collegiate athletics. We are getting perilously close to having a few big time programs separated from the NCAA where the pretension of "student-athlete" will be unsustainable. In the long run, the politics of the public footing the bill for professional athletic programs at state colleges and universities is not defensible, especially in the face of increasing costs for educational programs.</p><p></p><p>A "luxury tax" scheme like that used in pro sports could bring more parity (not complete; Bammer will always get good players) and might be a solution. If we don't find one soon we'll see an end of the "big time" college game. I don't want to see that. I enjoy college football too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 258597, member: 265"] I think some of the posts above are missing the forest for the trees. The big problem for post-secondary education these days is the funding levels from public sources are too low. When California abandoned the UC model of providing a college education for every kid in the state who wanted one it started a cascade of problems nationwide that have continued to this day. All of a sudden, the students and their parents became the main source of funding. That meant: Increasing tuition rates to cover the shortfalls in construction funding –> increased demands by faculty and staff for higher salaries (if the kids are willing to pay more, why not?) –> more staff to raise funds and run activities (not educational, of course) to attract students –> more efforts to attract funds from private business, foundations, and (#1 with a bullet) alums and [B][SIZE=5]–> More emphasis on collegiate sports [/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]What we are now running into is the returns on this. Does football help with getting students on campus? Sure, a lot of kids go to schools where they can play ball and their parents watch. My son went to Trinity College, a really good school. The admissions people were very straightforward about it: they let him in at least in part to play lacrosse, just like they [/SIZE]touted their sports programs to 40% or so of their applicants. [I]But …[/I] All of that is not what the problem is now with collegiate athletics. We are getting perilously close to having a few big time programs separated from the NCAA where the pretension of "student-athlete" will be unsustainable. In the long run, the politics of the public footing the bill for professional athletic programs at state colleges and universities is not defensible, especially in the face of increasing costs for educational programs. A "luxury tax" scheme like that used in pro sports could bring more parity (not complete; Bammer will always get good players) and might be a solution. If we don't find one soon we'll see an end of the "big time" college game. I don't want to see that. I enjoy college football too much. [/QUOTE]
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