+129 Colleges keep getting in trouble for letting their athletes get "improper benefits" like discounts and freebies. It would all just go away if they took away Athletic Scholarships altogether and gave more scholarships to people who excel academically, and then let the athletes get all the "benefits" they want but make them pay for their own education, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Too bad some of that money from the strong athletic programs finance academic programs. And take a school with 10,000 kids. Probably only 100 will have athletic scholarships.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Except I go to a school with 24,000 students, and I get a $347 fee added to my tuition to support the athletic program (which is fine with me, don't get me wrong, I attend all the events for free so I won't complain about that) but I find it hard to believe that their revenue is supporting my academics when I'm having to pay extra in tuition to support them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was just having this conversation a couple days ago. College is SUPPOSED to be about learning academic things. Sports are great, school spirit, all that, great. But not everyone there is there to do sports. But everyone is there to learn about their chosen career field, it's the big point of college, it's what it's there for.It only makes sense to me that to get a scholarship you should be a good academic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

yeah, I agree, especially in basketball, because most of those fellas are just there because they're required now to do a year before they go NBA and so they're getting a scholarship and then they're literally ditching the entire 2nd semester because they're already academically eligible and they know they're just moving on afterward.... that scholarship money could go to someone who's really planning to do something big with their education.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Whether or not they have a scholarship, receiving benefits is illegal because they are not professional athletes. It wouldn't change a thing. It sounds like you're just trying to find a legitimate reason to cut athletic scholarships and increase academic scholarships, which is silly. For many universities, the sports program supports the school both financially and socially. The millions of dollars in revenue supply a lot of the funding for the academic program, new buildings, and an overall high quality campus. Meanwhile, the national recognition garnered by high-profile sports programs entices more students to apply, which increases the level of academia. There's no reason to mess with the current system.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I disagree because I am an athlete in college on a scholarship. My coaches make me maintain at least a 3.25 on top of working out twice to three times a day. I don't have any time to work and the little money on top of the scholarships I get for academics helps me live.

by Anonymous 12 years ago