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‘Uriagereka supports Maryland’s Terrapins, and occasionally watches their football, basketball, and soccer games. Now he wonders if he and his colleagues — engrossed in research and teaching — perhaps naïvely take a smoothly run athletics program for granted.’

That’s a contemptible statement. It’s like saying Uriagereka supports American democracy and occasionally votes. Now he wonders if he and his fellow Americans – engrossed in their daily lives – perhaps naively took a smooth running executive branch for granted.

No professor who teaches at a Big Ten university can avoid noticing the sickening corruption that runs their school. It’s precisely because it’s so disgusting that almost all professors eagerly look the other way (the exceptions, as you know, are econ professors, who can’t help running the numbers) — until the coaches are caught fucking little boys in the athletic department showers, or they run a player to death one hot summer afternoon. Oh then! We were so naive; after all, university athletic departments are notorious for being run so smoothly…

Margaret Soltan, August 26, 2018 8:02AM
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2 Responses to “‘Uriagereka supports Maryland’s Terrapins, and occasionally watches their football, basketball, and soccer games. Now he wonders if he and his colleagues — engrossed in research and teaching — perhaps naïvely take a smoothly run athletics program for granted.’”

  1. dmf Says:

    the molders of our youth, must be those “critical” thinking skills I keep hearing about…

    meanwhile:
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  2. Van L Hayhow Says:

    It isn’t just the professors who profess ignorance, it is the coaches themselves. They brag about sleeping in the office, working insane hours, and then, when something bad happens they go all Sargent Schultz, I KNOW NOTHING! NOTHING!

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