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<blockquote data-quote="MidtownJacket" data-source="post: 447910" data-attributes="member: 959"><p>Soapbox alert! </p><p></p><p>So I said something similar in the basketball forum in the thread about cheating and the FBI investigation, I continue to believe we have a moral obligation to educate first. I suppose I understand that makes me old fashioned and that the reality is that college athletics has morphed into development leagues for their respective sports across the board. I accept the reality of that. </p><p></p><p>I donate money and support GT because it prepared me for life in ways beyond measure. My wife and I (both graduated 2007) have had a bounty of professional successes directly tied to our education, the alumni network and our hard work. When we recruit a student athlete we implicitly promise them that same opportunity. </p><p></p><p>I am unwilling to accept that should be subjugated for the sake of sport. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to win. It doesn’t mean I don’t want the school and coaching staffs to work together to maximize value and efficiency to allow for both sides of the equation to get their due, but “school trumps practice” feels like a core axiom that we should say proudly. This is an institute of higher learning where we pride ourselves on developing the whole of a student through the Total Person Program. We either put our money where our marketing spends or we don’t. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MidtownJacket, post: 447910, member: 959"] Soapbox alert! So I said something similar in the basketball forum in the thread about cheating and the FBI investigation, I continue to believe we have a moral obligation to educate first. I suppose I understand that makes me old fashioned and that the reality is that college athletics has morphed into development leagues for their respective sports across the board. I accept the reality of that. I donate money and support GT because it prepared me for life in ways beyond measure. My wife and I (both graduated 2007) have had a bounty of professional successes directly tied to our education, the alumni network and our hard work. When we recruit a student athlete we implicitly promise them that same opportunity. I am unwilling to accept that should be subjugated for the sake of sport. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to win. It doesn’t mean I don’t want the school and coaching staffs to work together to maximize value and efficiency to allow for both sides of the equation to get their due, but “school trumps practice” feels like a core axiom that we should say proudly. This is an institute of higher learning where we pride ourselves on developing the whole of a student through the Total Person Program. We either put our money where our marketing spends or we don’t. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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