<p>I agree, the OP is being melodramatic. I followed collegehelp’s link to the NCAA list of penalized teams. As far as I can tell, the list has Div 1 and Div 2 teams. There are 177 teams listed, but some schools have multiple teams. There were 107 schools listed.</p>
<p>According to a chart i found on the NCAA site, there were 1,051 NCAA member schools in 2007-08. So roughly 10% of the NCAA member schools had violations on one or more teams. Obviously the hope is that would be 0%, but 90% of the schools/athletic programs are doing it right!</p>
<p>Also, most of the penalties were scholarship reductions. Only two teams were banned from championship play.</p>
<p>If you have an axe to grind against college sports, you need to look elsewhere for data. This data doesn’t support it.</p>
<p>BTW, I happen to think that college athletics (at all levels) bring much more benefit to the student body than harm.</p>