Character Education

Yesterday was National Signing Day for college football prospects, and there's a lot out there on the internets and ebays about this process. Don't look at me... use Google, for heaven's sake.

Quick thoughts:
1) I'm creeped out by the amount of attention that we pay to high school athletes- 17 year olds- in this process. But, given that ESPN is televising HS B-Ball games, I think it will probably get worse.

2) This year, there were a lot of verbal commitments that went out the window; the Detroit News has a good article about the impact that this has and what this implies. But again, we shoudn't be surprised at this.

3) Given that we're talking (allegedly) about Insitutions of Higher Education, what does this mean about the values of these places and what persons involved with them are teaching?