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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

BFD

'Not surprisingly, the ugly brawl in Miami raised concerns among those who keep an eye on the role of college sports in American society. [One observer] said the fact that some commentators had described the Miami violence as “stupidity, and nothing more,” meant that big-time college sports had lost its ability to shock. “It’s gotten to the point where an event like that happens, and you don’t even raise your eyebrows any more,” he said. “When abhorrent things occur again and again and no longer shock, to me that means that you can no longer make a credible case that these are isolated incidents, and that higher education has to confront the debate about whether the system [of big-time college sports] is a good one.”'


---from inside higher ed--