"Just once I’d love to see a star quarterback bench himself because he’s struggling with calculus and metaphysics, deciding to skip the big game to study. School comes first, right?
The outcry and coach’s threats to pull the kid’s scholarship would at last reveal the truth we’ve always known: These aren’t student-athletes; they’re athletes employed by a university that has forgotten its core mission." …
Letters to the editor, NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/opinion/when-sports-and-academics-compete.html?_r=1