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Cory Booker Wants to Replace Major College Football with a Federally Controlled Pro Game
Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2021 | Terry Jeffrey

Posted on 02/03/2021 4:56:34 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: GailA

Many college football and basketball players cannot read at an 8th grade level. They don’t belong in college period.


41 posted on 02/03/2021 6:11:33 AM PST by wrcase
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To: Kaslin

How does he plan on attracting viewers...?

Or will this be like PBS?


42 posted on 02/03/2021 6:17:34 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: wrcase

The NFL, like Deep State, doesn’t hire fer brains.


43 posted on 02/03/2021 6:18:11 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Alberta's Child

‘I’m going to suggest that the father was derelict in his responsibilities as a parent if the kid had that kind of idiotic, narrow obsession on a stupid game.’

I’m going to suggest you suggest that to the kid’s father, rather than to us...I’m sure he’d appreciate the input...


44 posted on 02/03/2021 6:20:34 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: Kaslin

Firstly, that most did not get into college is a good thing. They avoided the postmodernism brain-washing and went on to do honest work at an actual job — like from a trade school.
Secondly, letting an organization diddle with profit calcs will go the same way that selling your book to Hollywood for a movie deal. Your contract will award you %age of profits — which will be calculated to never exist.


45 posted on 02/03/2021 6:20:41 AM PST by bobbo666 (profits)
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To: Kaslin

Socialists all want the Feds to control everything, Ask any Cuban, Venezuelan, Russian or Chicom and, for that matter, Central American.


46 posted on 02/03/2021 6:26:21 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: Kaslin
payments of $173,000 a year to football players, $115,600 to men's basketball players, $19,050 to women's basketball players and $8,670 to baseball players who are on full scholarship,"

uh, NO

47 posted on 02/03/2021 6:29:58 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Kaslin

I watched a little of the Northwestern bowl game. The announcer mentioned how tough the NW players had it because they had to eat boxed lunches while they stayed in Florida.

About ten seconds later, he altered his statement by saying others had it worse. Maybe someone told him the statement needed to be clarified.

Yup, a free trip to Florida in December-January, staying at a hotel likely, getting free tuition at a prestigeous college while getting national TV exposure to play a game. But forced to eat boxed lunches


48 posted on 02/03/2021 6:31:31 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Say her name: Ashli Babbit)
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To: Kaslin
Shouldn't he know the Federal government controls student loans?

Shouldn't he know that revenue's are dispersed throughout the universities athletic programs along with other areas including local communities?

Shouldn't he know that most colleges have slim fiscal margins in their athletic departments (Not every university is Alabama or Texas A&M financially)?

Shouldn't he know only a fraction of collegiate coaches make over 6 figures (Gets smaller after 7)?

Why is he complaining about the high cost of tuition when the institution he is in usurped the whole kit and caboodle financially?

ESPN and other Pied Pipers are going to all over this until this idea gets legislated or the end of the world occurs.
49 posted on 02/03/2021 6:47:48 AM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: Kaslin

Very sad about the HS student, but of course not having a football season would be just the proverbial last straw on the camel’s back in such a situation.


50 posted on 02/03/2021 6:48:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Kaslin

Cory wants to take the revenue stream away from the Universities.


51 posted on 02/03/2021 6:55:03 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: real saxophonist

When you have billionaire and millionaire boosters pumping in large amounts of private money because of athletics, of course the athletic director will assume a lot of weight around campus.


52 posted on 02/03/2021 6:56:30 AM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: G Larry

No, he wants a lot of fragile emotional buffoons with no idea about economic repercussions to vote for him. This is just another way to expand his “ ignorant electorate market”.


53 posted on 02/03/2021 7:01:21 AM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: IrishBrigade
If he was here in my office complaining to me about his son's suicide I'd tell that to him.

I didn't even see this on TV. I was simply making an observation based on a comment posted here.

Fox News is aimed at an audience with an IQ of 90, so I guess a lot of people eat that sh!t up before they tune into whatever misfits are on morning network TV after that.

54 posted on 02/03/2021 7:05:36 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: Kaslin

He can’t think of something more important to deal with? How about doing nothing?

More laws, more commissions, more giverment. Just stop.

quit sending people to the district of corruption. All they do is screw things up.


55 posted on 02/03/2021 7:13:13 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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To: Kaslin

“Federally Controlled” sounds kinda like prison. Maybe these will be prisoners playing. That should expand the African-American talent pool.

Instead of Alabama-Notre Dame, we’ll have San Quentin-Leavenworth. Instead of what “class” they’re in, reporters can comment about how many years they’re in for. “The tight end, DeLa’Niq Jones, is in for 10-20 for armed robbery and drug dealing...”


56 posted on 02/03/2021 7:38:05 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Halftime score: COVID-19, Constitutional Freedoms - 0)
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To: KarlInOhio

It is great that systemic racism has not prevented black football and basketball athletes from reaching their full potential in college or in the NFL or NBA.


57 posted on 02/03/2021 7:47:31 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: wrcase

No kidding? Wow, never heard that before. Never had guys out of my high school go straight to the minor leagues. No sir.

Yet nearly half of all MLB players came out of college.


58 posted on 02/03/2021 7:57:21 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Kaslin

Aside from the fact that Booker’s plan would only reward scholarship players and not walk-ons (why?) there is this little nugget: “$115,600 to men’s basketball players, $19,050 to women’s basketball players”

How long do you think that would be allowed to stand?

Of course by the time this would be implemented, all of the women’s basketball players would be men, so I guess the point is moot.


59 posted on 02/03/2021 8:05:01 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: HighSierra5

Proof again that if you want to TOTALLY screw something up you gotta get the government involved.


60 posted on 02/03/2021 8:08:03 AM PST by OKSooner (IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME!! HI SENATOR LANKFORD!!!)
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