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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: devo Subject: RE: She was once a runner Body: Where does this ridiculous coach-employer analogy come in? An employer can exert stronger pressures than a coach because their employee is responsible for the profit of the company or the well-being of others. Unless I've missed something, college track & field/cross-country has nothing to do with profit or the well-being of others. So, then, what's the coach's job, and more broadly, the point of college athletics? As silly as the sounds when considering bigtime college hoops and football, the vast majority of college sports should still serve as part of the education. The track team isn't all that visible (in 99% of cases) and certainly doesn't turn a significant profit (in 99.99% of cases), so the purpose of the team has to be to further the education of the students on it. If anything, the runners employ the coach- even on fully funded teams, I would guess that on the balance, the athletes spend more in tuition than the amount of scholarship money spent on the team. But that last point isn't really that important. The thrust of this post is that non-revenue college sports- while no less serious- should not have the same pressures as football or basketball or indeed any job. The purpose of college track is to improve the educational experience by pursuing excellence. That sentence might seem extremely naive, but I can't think of any other possible justification for the existence of college track & field teams. In that light, the coach portrayed in this blog is despicable; he is doing nothing to enhance the education of his athletes. He is delusional; he somehow thinks that the scholarship money spent on his runners is an investment intended to return a tangible profit. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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