In a message dated 2/6/2002 11:03:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes: "> Larry, the answer to the problems of life without NCAA is simple:
> Make college sports what they were originally intended to be - amateur.  I
> am at a Div III school. "  The problem with the so-called purity of D3 has
> resulted in the NESEAC schools (the sub ivies- Williams Amherst Colby et
> al) have all agreed to limit the number of athletic recruits- that is
> athletes who have special lesser admission standards than regular
> applicants. ie affirmative action for jocks. The fact of the matter is that
> 99% of athletes given the choice of D1 or D3 will always go D1. I recommend
> any of Murray Sperber's books (Beer and Circus) and The Game of LIfe by
> Shulman (interesting anecdote about Williams womes lax team). In reality
> only are club sports (and that isn't so at Penn State) purer than thou.
> When my son was recruited Williams and Middlebury sent as many letters and
> cards as Dartmouth, Notre Dame; Army and Air Force.