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College is not a profession, its a means to a profession. College presidents need to take back control of their colleges, but they wonāt because they are part of the problem.
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I donāt think any of us feel like itās only impacting us. Itās just that different people have different feelings on how/if we will continue to support us in this environment.
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Iām a little shocked that some of the more prestigious academic schools have not pulled a University of Chicago and just peaced out on all this yet.
Iām sure some of the presidents would like to but perhaps they fear the alumni, or fear the enrollment cliff will hit them even harder.
I sort of donāt get it for some of them.
I mean are Stanford and Duke really going to suffer if they are not playing D1 sports?
I kinda doubt it.
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Iām waiting for that to happen. As long as those school think they can play at the top level they are going to, but if/when they get relegated with us will they rethink their approach?
Duke without athletics is Tufts or Williams College or something in that range. Plenty of fine academic institutions with no large general public profiles because they donāt have sports. Unfortunately athletics are outward face to the general public.
Ask 100 people nationally if Alabama is a really good school and I bet youll get 75%+ saying yes.
Ask the same question about UNC Charlotte, and if they arenāt confusing it with Chapel Hill that number probably drops in half.
In reality we are very similar academically, and only 8 spots apart in the USWN rankings. People in the general public conflate sports performance with academic quality all the time.
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I was waiting for someone to bring up University of Chicago.
Count me as one of the people that thinks that the academic types at some of these prestigious universities are ready to do exactly that, provided a plan to sidestep the backlash.
I doubt 75% of people think bama is a good school
We will just have to agree to disagree. I can pretty much guarantee the response rate is that high if you include non college educated people in the poll.
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There ought to be a clause in the players signing, that if they leave to play for another school they should have to reimburse the school for academic expenses and board. The school invested in them, the school should be reimbursed!
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Most if those non educated people probably went to bama.
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clt doubts that bama has classrooms and labs, just dorms and football facilities
The problem with creating a separate division you will still have your best players wanting to transfer to the new division.
The other problem is that the NIL cat is out of the bag. Creating a new Divison isnāt going to stop players from wanting to get paid in whatever league we are in.
I think that is where the contracts come into play. If you play in this division then you accept contract and lock in for 3 years with very little wiggle room. It means we dont get as talented of players - but I am ok with that if the trade off is stability.
Did someone say Australian?
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Answering JMU Gameday, The NCAA knows its bad for college athletics but UNC proved the NCAA has no power so there is nothing they can do about it.
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clt says this is the response to appy and jmu mbb