On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Vicki Price wrote:
 
> 1.Deprofessionalize college and high school sports.
>
> "Let's ban college scholarships in favor of financial aid based on need, as
> for any other student.
 
Would you also ban scholarships based on academic merit?
 
> 4. Be conscious of the message sport is sending.
> This one is really pertinent to some of the current topics we've thrown
> around.
>
> "Alcohol-related advertising should be banned from sports broadcasting.
 
Why?
 
> male athlete convicted of assaulting a woman should be banned from college or
> professional sports.
 
Again, why? Why only assaulting women? Someone convicted of assault will
already face penalties in the legal system. If those are not sufficient,
then that is a problem with the legal system, not with sport.
 
John
 
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