[Otter]

Eh, not sure if this good or bad but I know in college there were a lot of dumb athletes there for no other reason than they could dunk a basketball or play linebacker.

I still remember sitting in a 100 level history course and some basketball player answered the profs question "tell me something about Napoleon" with "he was short." If it was a smart ass answer or just trying to get a laugh it would have been funny but the guy was getting a free ride and that was the extent of his knowledge after 2 weeks of discussing the matter. He was dumb as a rock taking a seat that could be being occupied by a future lawyer, computer scientist, doctor or whatever...someone productive.

And trust me, he was dumb, that wasn't an isolated incident.

If it help makes room for weeding out the glamor of dumb celebrities and athletes I guess I'm game.

There were many smart basketball and footballs players as well but there's a definite "you're just here for your athletic skills" factor.