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Athletics has no place in college. Same with liberal arts. Colleges should teach STEM only.
Why Jim Harbaugh is worth 40 million to the University of Michigan s football team - The Washington Post
jan 2 2015
The University of Michigan’s decision this week to commit at least$40 million to Jim Harbaugh over the next seven years raised quite a few eyebrows. Forty million dollars — $5 million a year to start, along with a $2 million signing bonus — for a football coach?
Can jock-Armageddon, when the entire bloated-with-corporate-dollars sports world explodes, be far behind?
Actually, Armageddon has already pretty much come and gone in college athletics. The attitude of many players at the most visible schools was summed up by a tweet sent two years ago by Cardale Jones, who will start at quarterback for Ohio State in the national championship game on Jan. 12: “Why should we go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL,” he tweeted shortly after arriving at Ohio State. “We ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”