The money goes to hire new directors of athletics. It goes toward new athletic facilities. It pays for the Starbucks our vice-chancellors love so much. It pays for the sushi bars they think will attract a “high caliber” of student. It pays the inflated salaries of the upper administration, who make healthy six figures even when they’re terrible at their jobs.
education has become too profit-driven, and ‘college’ sports are a massive part of the failure.
as someone who went to a small lib arts school, and then to a R1 university for my grad degree… this is exactly the truth.
I was actively told multiple times how students didn’t matter, to stop caring, to stop prepping for teaching classes, and to just focus on applying for grants and polishing my research.
education has become too profit-driven, and ‘college’ sports are a massive part of the failure.
A university is just a college that stopped caring about its students.
as someone who went to a small lib arts school, and then to a R1 university for my grad degree… this is exactly the truth.
I was actively told multiple times how students didn’t matter, to stop caring, to stop prepping for teaching classes, and to just focus on applying for grants and polishing my research.