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RE: Scholarships for Overwatch and League of Legends Players at UCI
I'm very much against this. I'm against sports scholarships altogether, but somehow esports make it even worse.
Why do plenty of smart students have to pay college themselves, while athletes get a scholarship? If it was up to me, it would rather be the other way around.
I simply don't understand this about universities in the US. And I know that college sports are a big thing over there, but when a learning institute becomes more wellknown for their athletes than their intellectual students, something's wrong.
Well you bring up a tough call. I go to Virginia Tech so when it comes to sport spending, the millions that get poured into school sports sometimes seems excessive when looking at the university's budget.
What I have definitely noticed is the caliber of the school is immediately increased with the type of public visibility sports teams have. I credit the football team for getting people to make subconscious decisions on my future degree.
When it comes to scholarships it is another two way street again... You don't get top athleats without scholarships. Period. There is a cycle that feeds the system.
My solution is to keep sports the way they are and increase availability for other academic scholarships.
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