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Spending huge amounts on a sports arena, rather than academics is thoroughly misguided. One of the reasons Oregon as a state is viewed as, and is, such a poor backwater is lack of emphasis on academics, and failure to build and maintain a university as an academic institution, rather than a university as an entertainment outlet.

Sure, a better stadium or arena might attract a few more students. But students drawn to a school because of the sports program can't be thought of as serious about education.

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