Blog: Destroying the Student-Athlete — A Cautionary Tale

For far too many college athletic programs, acting in the best interests of the student-athlete is pure fiction. From academic fraud to sexual assaults, colleges and universities have frequently failed their student-athletes by putting their best interests ahead of the student-athlete's. These failures extend beyond what is making national headlines, and can happen at the most unlikely of institutions — in my case, a Catholic university.

Dennis Van Milligen is the Editor in Chief of Athletic Business.Dennis Van Milligen is the Editor in Chief of Athletic Business.I attended Lewis University, which coincidentally has been receiving national attention during March Madness as Wisconsin star Frank Kaminsky's father played basketball at Lewis. I turned down a few Division I scholarship offers to run at Lewis since it was close to home (35-minute drive), and my family prioritized the value system in place at a Catholic university. Yeah, I know.

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