LET'S RECLAIM COLLIGATE SPORTS...IT IS NOW OUT OF CONTROL
In 1956, a few Universities and colleges in the Northeast region decided to disclaim athletics, even though many of them had "big time" athletic programs at the time. Of course big time was not is today. They decided to form a unique league, which they innovative called the IVY LEAGUE. They wanted to project the image that athletics was an extra-curricular activity and not major drive in education.
So, the IVY league was created and because of many socio/political/ academic factors it became something special. Of course, other equally superior Universities and Colleges, were subjugated to the LITTLE league status, even if they were academically equal and possibly superior.
Since this time we have witnessed a greater division... now we have the BCS in football, which are the professional college leagues and are now embarking to replicate this in NCAA basketball...
Now we hear HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW conferences and because of the enormous amount of money in FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL the BIG are trying to drive out the MEDIUM and SMALL programs.
This is consistent with the current division in our total society...we have the SUPER RICH, marginal middle and the poor.
It has been said that WEALTH CORRUPTS and TOTAL WEALTH ---TOTALLY CORRUPTS, this has been exhibited in all walks of the UNITED STATES and it must be stopped.
We must regain control over all aspects our society and since SPORTS is the easy way to start..let it start my having COLLEGIATE sports become a part of the educational process and not the driving force. If so called, marginally academic organizations, " I won't honor them with the title college or university" want to have PROFESSIONAL programs let them create a SEMI PROFESSIONAL Conference and not be equated with the REAL colleges and Universities.
REAL Colleges and Universities must take back control of their MISSION which is to educate and not become SEMI OR EVEN PROFESSIONAL organizations.
It is interesting that BASEBALL still can separate ARMATURES, COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL because they never required their professionals to pretend to be students, they had their own development leagues and didn't just rely on using the college programs to be their FARM SYSTEM.
Bill Rothschild, CEO of ROTHSCHILD STRATEGIES UNLIMITED, LLC.
So, the IVY league was created and because of many socio/political/ academic factors it became something special. Of course, other equally superior Universities and Colleges, were subjugated to the LITTLE league status, even if they were academically equal and possibly superior.
Since this time we have witnessed a greater division... now we have the BCS in football, which are the professional college leagues and are now embarking to replicate this in NCAA basketball...
Now we hear HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW conferences and because of the enormous amount of money in FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL the BIG are trying to drive out the MEDIUM and SMALL programs.
This is consistent with the current division in our total society...we have the SUPER RICH, marginal middle and the poor.
It has been said that WEALTH CORRUPTS and TOTAL WEALTH ---TOTALLY CORRUPTS, this has been exhibited in all walks of the UNITED STATES and it must be stopped.
We must regain control over all aspects our society and since SPORTS is the easy way to start..let it start my having COLLEGIATE sports become a part of the educational process and not the driving force. If so called, marginally academic organizations, " I won't honor them with the title college or university" want to have PROFESSIONAL programs let them create a SEMI PROFESSIONAL Conference and not be equated with the REAL colleges and Universities.
REAL Colleges and Universities must take back control of their MISSION which is to educate and not become SEMI OR EVEN PROFESSIONAL organizations.
It is interesting that BASEBALL still can separate ARMATURES, COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL because they never required their professionals to pretend to be students, they had their own development leagues and didn't just rely on using the college programs to be their FARM SYSTEM.
Bill Rothschild, CEO of ROTHSCHILD STRATEGIES UNLIMITED, LLC.
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