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Originally Posted by snarls200

and even for those who don't stay in their sport after their time in the NCAA ends they could potentially make contacts in their chosen field.

Though the farther down level wise you go the more likely that academics are the basis for the player and the athletic are more for fun. Even for D1 very few players make it to the big league. With an even smaller amount making a sustained career out of it. Whether through injuries or lack of drive/talent.

For example according to the list I got from ESPN the football programs of Colorado and Colorado State have the same amount of players (8) on NFL rosters.

The point wasn't that everyone can have a sporting career. The partial point was that making a living in sports is possible & desirable, when in the past it wasn't feasible or honorable. Therefore, a system based on a now flawed & defunct ideology is ludicrous. Forcing colleges to tie their programs into the academic sector no longer makes sense.