The Star Tribune Looks…

at Community College football programs that bring in the federal money by recruiting a lot of out-of-state talent, but the students are not ready for college. The article states that nearly two-thirds of the 628 football players were not from Minnesota. It costs 30-60 grand to fund a team, but a school can bring in 200-450 grand in federal bucks. For the 2005-2006 school year 11 colleges brought in 3.9 million in bucks.

Rainy River Community College brought in 10% of its operating budget though the football program.

To me this is a complete no-no. If a student does not belong in college they do not deserve to go. It is all about the dollar signs which is just a travesty.