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What Naughton has missed is that the entire NCAA system is corrupt, making millions of dollars off student athletes who can't even accept plane fare from alumni to visit family.
I am not advocating religious schooling as a solution, but rather pointing out that educational institutions which have their community values focused on learning rather than spectator sports will be much more successful in education, and will be substantially happier places for all students except, of course, the athletes, and even they will benefit from a better education.
The United States Olympic Committee is funded by private donations, and provide esessential support services for our athletes on a continuing basis.
Rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs tarnishes the games, kills athletes, and encourages drug use among children.
The Fourth Amendment spin is that the court, having upheld a series of drug-testing laws (for railroad crews, customs-service workers, and student athletes), finally encountered one too preposterous to tolerate.