Goodbye to College Sports - NYTimes.com Re "At a College, Dropping Sports in Favor of Fitness" (news article, April 14): Three cheers for Spelman College in Atlanta for dropping its expensive athletic program serving relatively few and instead focusing on a fitness effort benefiting many if not all students. Other colleges should follow Spelman's lead. Lifelong intellectual interests and pursuits often start in college. Why not physical ones, too? Given the obesity and diabetes epidemics affecting younger and younger people, we should expect our colleges and universities to nourish not only young people's minds but also their bodies. Rather than touting round-the-clock dining options and the French fry bar during campus tours, how about a commitment to end the "freshman 15"?