I'm a technical student at a regional-sized state college. A significant amount of money is charged to each student to pay for athletic scholarships, fund the sports teams to travel, spend time in exotic locations, and train in good facilities with paid coaches and physical trainers. I have a hard time squaring this expense as necessary for my education. Especially for a state school.

I've been an athlete and enjoyed being on travel teams, and those experiences helped me develop as a person, so I'm not saying sports arent useful training, but I have a hard time justifying the whole student body paying for those kids to run around.