The Claim, is to inherit sport majors for student athletes who play their sports as full time jobs and tend to spend more time than all the general studies classes they have to partake in.
The reasons, most of the time they go and play the sport intending to make into a professional career, and when they are also playing the sport they put more time and dedication to it because they want too and I think in most case scenarios so do coaches. To end corruption in NCAA sports, something to learn from.
The value has gone down because as colleges are open to debt and taking loans which result into higher tuition. Students can determine the financial payoff of their college educations by finding what is the cheapest route, quickest, and combatable.