“The goal of a Jesuit and Catholic education is the integration of learning and spirituality, along with the development of a strong system of personal moral values.”.
except…..
Please. Between the free for all transfer portal rules now making every player always a free agent (and thus always "recruitable") combined with the NIL ruling making paying players a thing - any facade of "student" within student athlete has been fully snuffed out for the money sports.
D1 basketball and football have dropped the charade and just admitted it. Zero about academics, ethics, moral values... Blah blah blah. Sell tickets sell merch get $$ from TV and bowls/tournaments period. National exposure leading to any of the previous is a-okay. Pay coaches and players to keep the money train rolling. Rinse and repeat.