To the editor:

Watching the remorseful KU officials admitting that minor NCAA regulations were broken reminded me of the madam in a brothel who confessed that she did not always change the sheets after each customer. All these many little infractions serve as an elaborate smoke screen to cover up a system which, though legally proper, is morally and intellectually corrupt. Heavens! Officials feign indignation when they learn that a fan gives a player a $300 graduation check, yet are greedily indifferent when they hear of the six- and seven-digit salaries of those charged with running the sports program.

Sports have a place in the university, but there are going to be all sorts of problems once college sports are transformed into a major source of revenue. The argument that the KU sports program is only reacting to the demand is remarkably similar to that of the owner of the brothel. As our children get fatter and dumber, one wonders when this country is going to wake up and place spectator sports in their proper perspective. KU’s leadership ought to focus less on building a profitable sports program and rather rededicate itself to become a “center for learning, scholarship and creative endeavor.”

Ray Finch,

Lawrence