Why is it I can see the obvious solution that's coming, and they can't? (UPDATED)
/Dartmouth basketball team can unionize, government official states
In September, all 15 players on the Dartmouth men's basketball team signed a petition seeking to join Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union
I have a very good friend, graduate of a then-respected Ivy League school, who confessed to me that he’d been accepted there because of his rowing prowess: “no way, if it had depended on my grades and SATs”. If varsity sports disappear — and for all but a few schools, sports are a money-loser — that admissions avenue will no longer exist for many young, jocks.
UPDATE: Our New Mexico correspondent chimes in, even providing a handy chart.