No other country has anything remotely resembling what we have here with college sports. There are today more than a half million college athletes right now every year. Athletics enables kids, many kids from low income homes, many minority kids who otherwise might not have had a chance to go to college. It enables them to go to college to study, to get a degree, to learn skills, to learn hard work and discipline and teamwork and sportsmanship, accountability, just showing up. (06:28–06:40)
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Asserts that college athletics provides educational opportunities for low-income and minority students.
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