Eric Zorn: Admissions scandal highlights the absurdity of most team sports in higher education
by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune
Mar 18, 2019
3 minutes
I was shocked to read that Stanford University had fired head varsity sailing coach John Vandemoer in the wake of a federal investigation into shady college admissions practices nationwide. Authorities allege that Vandemoer accepted more than $600,000 in donations to the sailing program in exchange for agreeing to falsely designate two Stanford applicants as elite sailors he was recruiting for his team.
Ahoy! Stanford has a varsity sailing team?
Indeed it does. So do
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