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College Athletics Are So Entrenched And Enjoyed By So Many People That They Will Never Be Discontinued Or Substantially Changed. I Know That. I Just Pity The People Caught In That Tender Trap. And Most Of All, I Pity Those Kids.

-Susan Orlean

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College Athletics Are So Entrenched And Enjoyed

College Athletics Are So Entrenched And Enjoyed By So Many People That They Will Never Be Discontinued Or Substantially Changed. I Know That. I Just Pity The People Caught In That Tender Trap. And Most Of All, I Pity Those Kids.

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