Should Colleges Lower Their Admission Standards for Athletes?
One augment is that there should be a special athletic admission standard, which would enable colleges to lower admission standards for athletes. This would enable colleges to be more open and not hush-hush about their admission standard, because its also no secret that colleges around the country, admit athletes who academically have no business being at these prestige universities of higher education. In the world of NCAA Division I football, it is an inescapable reality. An example of this was Vince Young who was admitted by the University of Texas. There was a chance that Vince Young might not have gotten in if he applied solely on academics, but Vince Young's natural athletic talent brought the school its first National Championship in thirty years. This would not have probably occurred if he had been cut academically. Colleges receive numerous amounts of money from these programs, and should be able to fund projects for other school programs. For example the University of Texas made reportedly $53,204,171 from its football programs alone, which was also tax free.
Another augment is that an athlete's talent speaks...
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