&gt; It&#x27;s a disservice to them, the rest of the students, and the university&#x27;s reputation.<p>Not that I necessarily disagree with you but for lots of big public schools the reality is that reputation of football&#x2F;basketball teams is as important (if not more) than academics, particularly WRT to alumni dontations. Those 2 in particular are also generally quite profitable for the big schools (isn&#x27;t free labor great)