The average student gets nothing from football programs that remain sacrosanct despite tuition increases.
The average student gets nothing from football programs that remain sacrosanct despite tuition increases.
“The primary purpose of higher education: academics.”
BWHAHAHAHA. Truth is, it’s all about the $$$.
Because the never gave Boise State a shot at the title.
Neither does a degree in journalism.
Why Hell, let’s just ban all sports, nothing but a waste of money.....
Because my name is Buzz Bissinger and I was teased a lot by the school jocks?
It’s not just football that needs banning. The NCAA is as much a part of the funding (and anti-educational) problem as football.
Upon the fields of friendly strife
Are sown the seeds
That, upon other fields, on other days
Will bear the fruits of victory. —GEN Douglas MacArthur
The NFL would never approve of the elimination of their free farm system.
Way to open your mouth again, Buzzzzzz. The idiot.
Now NO minorities would be going to college to learn ANY academics.
Here’s a guy who made millions from writing a book about my hometown high school football team. He is the only one who made any money — not the players, not the coaches, not the community. His pompous cynicism destroyed a thrill of watching some high school kids play football to those who just actually enjoy watching sports.
What’s that envy called that he has?
Which is why it has no place, and never HAS had any place, on a college campus.
Set up a "farm league" system like baseball has and pay these semi-professionals to train there. And if the rest of the athletic programs can't afford to finance themselves, then they go away too. If students want those physical activities, they can form independent intramural clubs and exercise to their hearts' content. But get these ape-training programs out of our colleges and off our campuses!
Buzz off Buzz. You think like liberal democrat and write like a fool as you are a fool.
Why College Funding Should Be Banned...
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on. All these plans as a whole — with their common aim of legal plunder — constitute socialism. - Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
(CAPS mine)
It can be done...
http://www.hillsdale.edu/admissions/faq/faq_list.asp?iSectionID=1&iGroupID=45&iQuestionID=108
More foolishness. I like college football, don’t care for pro-football and think both are over celebrated and in their own way both are over paid.
I still don’t think either should be banned though. If they are not necessary they will go away because demand will fall to nothing.
College tuition keeps going up because the number who don’t pay a dime keeps going up subsidized by the number who do pay and the free access to cheap money by people foolish enough to borrow it.
Here’s an idea: Let’s keep football, and banish liberalism from campuses. Now, wouldn’t THAT be beneficial to society?
Funny coincidence...just Thursday this week, Rush predicted that the nannies would try to begin banning professional football because of head injuries and later suicides, whether linked or not. He said this would happen “maybe not in our lifetimes.”
Kudos, Rush, your first prediction was right on. But your timing on your second was off by a few decades!
If college were not heavily subsidized by the taxpayer and if a college degree were not made into a required certificate for so many jobs not really needing a college degree, who would care?
Some schools would run Div. 1 (semi-pro) programs because they were, all things considered, money-makers. (This includes fund-raising, and recruitment and retention of tuition-paying students, in addition to ticket sales, broadcasting rights and ancillary revenue).
Other schools would run Div. 3 (more like amateur) programs. Basically because, for them, it helps with recruitment and retention of students.
Other schools would avoid intercollegiate sports altogether, and focus on offering low cost education. Think urban commuter schools, and schools that cater to “non-traditional” students.
Cost at a for-profit school like Strayer is often half that at a not-for-profit. Intercollegiate athletics is part of the difference. But so are many other things. Because of taxpayer subsidies and creeping credentialism, the cost of college is a very real problem.
My opinion? I’m glad you asked! ;-)
I think any college athlete - football included - should be paid maybe the amount varying from sport to sport but for any sport all would be paid the same.
I don’t know about all sports but I do know that any number of college football players can be taken out (and suffer from) injuries suffered during their college career even though they likely will never go pro.
Colleges make millions on their football/basketball programs - give the guys a little something - above board and well-deserved. IMHO. ;-)
at least football generates income...the rest of academia is funded by inflated tuition and taxpayer money.
I am going to ask you MR... you put this article on last night. Why today? Do you have an issue with football or do you just find the article interesting?