<p>You’re way off base POIH. Stanford is in the business of creating leaders of all kinds. People who play college sports do well in life on the whole. The motivation and discipline it takes to succeed in sports serves the well in all sorts of goals.</p>
<p>All of these threads are a bit of a waste of time considering the colleges have been recruiting athletes as part of business forever and will continue to. When Dartmouth’s then head of admissions suggested Dartmouth recruit fewer athletes the alum called for his head. He quickly resigned after twenty some years and Dartmouth has a new Dean of Admissions who knows his mandate.</p>