College athletics:
A) “is about winning and money. That’s what drives all these unethical decisions.”
B) “teaches so many amazing life lessons. So there’s no better laboratory for these young people to learn lifetime skills and lessons.”
C) Both of the above?
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Ohio University professor David Ridpath, who heads The Drake Group, said college athletics is about winning and money. To make this point, he cited several recent examples of abuses going unaddressed in order to protect an athletics brand from embarrassment: Dr.