Are you kidding? You think that people have more loyalties towards sports teams than schools that they have poured thousands of dollars and countless hours into? That is ludicrous.
The reason I suggested the thread being closed is that MOST people are not going to bash their own schools or alma maters publicly, knowing that administrators and many other people read these forums. With that said, if the opinions are coming from people who have never attended the school they are claiming is the "worst" in some aspect, how valid are those opinions? Not at all.
Unless the statements are completely objective (which would be based on numbers that are pretty easily accessible), anything said would be debatable-- just like the threads asking for the best schools.
Yes, I do. Of course, it depends on the person, but, in my experience, people can be fanatical about sports teams, yet rather rational about their alma maters: Opinions tend to be "I paid them, and they gave me an education." Of course, there are those who fit the stereotype of walking around in school sweatshirts and rooting for the college football team (back to sports), but, by and large, people seem willing to be honest about their experiences.
Regarding administrators' frequenting this forum, I'm not sure how often it happens. As well, I'm not sure, if one were to read a thread, of the length to which he or she would go to uncover the identity of a poster. I'm even less confident any concrete repercussion would be delivered unto an offending party, were he or she named.
As I implied, "negative" opinions probably wouldn't come from people not personally acquainted with a school.
Of course, anything said would be debatable. We're not trying to write an encyclopaedia, here, though — just to engage in conversation.
Anyway, it's been a couple of days, now, and no one's replied to the thread (other than to comment on its very existence); so, I'll go ahead and consider my attempt to be a lukewarm failure.
