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Monday, January 16, 2006

Boys Go to Jupiter
To Get More Stupider



'Dan Short, now dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, [says that]...[e]ven if studies cast doubt on the positive effects of sports, he's not buying it.

"I believe the engine of K[ansas]-State's growth was the national prominence of the football team," Short says.

Education is an intangible, he adds, and sports is part of the package ... Picking between athletics and academics is like trying to pick between steering and brakes on a car.

"It's a lot better if both are good," Short says.'
Posted at: 1/16/2006 02:12:00 PM