SDSU athletics: A no win situation?
Apr 24th, 2008 by admin
sdsporting Posted something interesting today on sdsporting.blogspot.com
Here’s a quick excerpt:
As spring football practice concludes this weekend at San Diego State, the old football vs. academics debate has resurfaced.
Specifically, the academics are wondering why SDSU President Stephen Weber gives so much discretionary funding to football as cutbacks in the classroom continue.
Here were some of the arguments in last Sunday’s San Diego Union-Tribune:
Former SDSU football player and long-time actor Fred Dryer: “The benefits of a successful football program are overwhelming. Such a program breeds pride and participation from the community, students and alumni.”
English Professor Peter C. Herman: “SDSU is subsidizing 42 percent of the athletics budget, about double the average for the NCAA’s top-tier programs. Every academic department at SDSU must meet its budget, or face consequences. Why not football?”
Let’s take a look at the success rate of academics vs. athletics:
Academics –For two years in a row, SDSU has been ranked the No. 1 most productive research university, among schools with […]