Big-time college football and men’s basketball programs ought to be a target for future FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) college sports reform proposals. These programs have become a cauldron of profligate spending and corruption driven by the college sports entertainment industry. They not only threaten the integrity and the preeminent global position of America’s higher education enterprise, but also the future well being of our nation. The threat is embodied in related academic corruption and educational mission warp at many of America’s premier colleges and universities supporting these big-time sports programs.
