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February 19, 2025 92 mins
 1929 marked more than a stock market crash; it also marked a stern warning about the pending crash of American College Athletics if they continued to commercialize and professionalize college athletics. As usual, we did not listen. Here's what we knew in 1929 and what we should be following in 2025 to course correct, or, we can use the information as criteria to cancel sports programs altogether if they do not enhance our national life.

At this point, what real cultural value do American sports programs offer for improving our nation, our culture, and the human condition?

Source: "AMERICAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS" by Howard J. Savage, Staff Member, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Harold W. Bentley, John T. McGovern, Dean F. Smiley, M.D.; Bulletin Number Twenty-Three (1929) *This is the full version; I used an abbreviated version for the podcast.
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