@Alexandre @NoVADad99 @CHD2013 @blue85
Well. That turned into a more contentious discussion than I’d intended.
Just to clarify, my stance on athletics isn’t that they’re bad. I’m fine with a school that’s big on sports. I would much rather avoid schools where sports trump academics, ethics, and the law. A prime example is FSU, as chronicled in this report:
Setting aside the question of Jameis Winston’s guilt or innocence, which has been the source of considerable acrimony and is unlikely to be resolved in the foreseeable future, a pattern is clear in this case. Unless Ann Arbor is very different from the description some posters here have given, I don’t think its football program enjoys impunity similar to that documented in the above article, and unless I’m mistaken on that point I don’t have any issue with football’s prominence.