It's Time To Evict Big-Time Sports From American Higher Education

It's Time To Evict Big-Time Sports From American Higher Education
James Madison's Dazzmond Thorton shoots over William & Mary's Peter Stein during the James Madison University-College of William and Mary college basketball game held during the Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, on March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Scott k. Brown)
James Madison's Dazzmond Thorton shoots over William & Mary's Peter Stein during the James Madison University-College of William and Mary college basketball game held during the Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, on March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Scott k. Brown)

James Madison University, my current employer, recently commissioned an “overall strategic plan” for its athletics program. Revealed to the public in an admirable gesture of institutional transparency, the plan claims that JMU is “well-positioned” for a transition to the highest level of college sports, the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Though administrators are open to the idea of moving on up, the James Madison faculty, myself included, is substantially less enthused. Why do the vast majority of us oppose the move?

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