William & Mary wants to be more like ODU

College education borders on insanity.

March Madness isn’t the college basketball tournament. The real madness is seeing how little care and support is available for Virginia students to attend Virginia colleges without including the prerequisites of tackling, catching a pigskin or shooting a 3-pointer.

Our local College of William & Mary issued a statement of self-unhappiness. The second oldest college in America, it enrolls about 6700 students, has a $700 million dollar endowment, and is ranked 33rd in the nation by USN & WR as one of the most selective colleges anywhere.

But that’s not what college is about today, is it?

Among the needs identified:

– Up to $75 million to replace or up to $28 million to renovate 44-year-old William & Mary Hall.

– $20-25 million to build a multisport practice facility.

– $15-20 million for construction of a swimming facility.

– An additional $8.1 million to bring scholarships up to the full NCAA complement and to fund operating expenses such as salaries, recruiting, travel and equipment.

The school is also making changes to streamline the admissions process for athletes (Virginian-Pilot)

Streamline? Uh huh.

This is all part of a report William & Mary issued titled “A Championship Experience For Every Student-Athlete and Every Fan.”

That’s what you saved up all those years for your children to finally attend college, right? A good game?

This is the real March Madness, when colleges say “education first” but have the full scholarships ready for the athlete from out of state, but not for the Virginia student whose family has been paying Virginia taxes all their lives.

When student fees to pay for athletics are cranked up so high that they add 30% or more to the cost of tuition for everybody, it’s March Madness.

When one of the best schools in the country feels inadequate because they don’t draw crowds like ODU teams do, it’s March Madness.

Whoever decided that colleges should be the taxpayer-funded minor leagues for the NFL and NBA started this madness.

I feel bad for the job creators of tomorrow who get left out because they can’t make a free throw.

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