jeudi 28 février 2013

Big time sports in American universities

Sports is a big deal in US universities. Each game is a big show with teams, cheerleaders, mascottes, advertising....
Take for instance Duke university in North Carolina. Duke is an elite private university where tuition is $42,000 a year. When you ask students why they choose Duke, a majority answers because of the basketball team. Actually, the most powerful person on campus is the men's basketball coach team  : Mr Krzyzewski, he is the Blue Devil's coach since 1981, he is venered. He is more paid than the university president.
To buy tickets for games students gather on a field in front of their university and sleep in tents to stay in the queu...

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