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William Bowen and Sarah Levin, you’re not Reclaiming the Game, you’re screwing...
Last week, Sarah Levin ’00—currently a ph-able student at the School of Public Health and co-author of Reclaiming the Game, a book that “unmasks” the problems plaguing intercollegiate athletics—spoke at the Gutman Conference Center. She touched upon many topics, but I’ll give you a quick rundown: High-profile athletes—those who participate in hockey, basketball and football—are less qualified for admission than normal applicants, they underachieve when they get here and they isolate themselves on campus...
...their book, Levin and Bowen claim that athletes can have up to a four times greater advantage in gaining admission to an Ivy League school than a comparable non-athlete. However, this is a tricky use of statistics according to Harvard Law Professor Hal Scott...
During the course of the discussion, Levin was quoted as saying that she wanted to eliminate the “competitive and commercial pressures” that affect athletes and coaches alike...
...Levin concluded her remarks by noting that she wants the recruiting process to be changed—not scrapped...