Universities are desperate to win now, but athletes and the nation both lose
I love college sports.
As a former college athlete, coach, broadcaster and someone who has spent a lifetime around tennis, I’ve seen firsthand how college athletics can transform lives. For generations, American universities have offered young people a remarkable bargain: earn an education, compete at a high level and develop the skills needed to succeed long after the games are over.
That model has served America extraordinarily well.
Today, however, it is worth asking a difficult question:
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