June 23, 2006

College Sports Are Not Professional

To the Editor:

In "For True Reform, Athletics Scholarships Must Go" (The Chronicle Review, May 12), John R. Gerdy argues that there will never be true reform of intercollegiate athletics until grants-in-aid for athletes are replaced with need-based aid. ...

Gerdy tries to persuade readers that Division I athletics has become a campus version of professional sports, where athletes are on campuses only to play sports and prepare themselves for the next level of competition. "The

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