Corruption and Football
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I know that this is a commonly held opinion. But it is substantially not correct. College players do receive an opportunity for an education and preparation for life after athletics. If there are schools where that is not the reality, they need to be dealt with rather than just issuing a blanket indictment of all universities. I have known many successful people who used exactly this opportunity to mature into the people they are today. The opinion you have posted is rather lazy and uninformed. And is not at all helpful in dealing with the bad apples - by saying everyone is evil, you give them a pass.
WinOneThisCentury
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All this and Drew Ott. Screw the NCAA...at least they haven't ruined what's on the field yet.
STLhawkeye20
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Not substantially correct? Literally, your next sentence was "college players do receive an opportunity for an education and preparation for life after athletics." If that's not an opinion question, then I don't know what is. That is definitely not quantifiable because it's inherently subjective. Then you go onto say "I have known many successful people who used exactly this opportunity to mature into the people they are today." This is a little thing that I like to call anecdotal evidence. Maybe you've heard of it. If not: "Something anecdotal has to do with anecdotes — little stories. Anecdotal evidence is based on hearsay rather than hard facts. People like to share stories about things that happened to them, or that they heard about, to make a point. That kind of talk is anecdotal: based on small, personal accounts." In other words, the people you know aren't statistically significant just because you know them.
So the only "lazy" and "uninformed" argument here is yours. I am objectively and quantifiably saying that College Football Programs make millions of dollars (as in a number) because people attend college football games to watch college football players play football, and those college football players are not compensated for the value they are creating in any form. Oh, and by the way, the marginal cost (the cost of having one additional person) at any college to the college for giving out a scholarship is practically 0. It costs them NOTHING to have an extra person sitting in a classroom. So the real cost to the University is the amount of money that it takes to print the degree (and I assume food costs, tutoring, housing, etc) that comes with an athlete's full scholarship. So don't come in here and tell me that my argument is "lazy" and "uniformed" and "unsubstantiated" when I can back mine up with hard data and actual metrics and yours is based on a few people you know.
HawkeyeDenis
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The playoffs are the latest rigged game the NCAA has come up with. Michigan loses twice in three games yet they are in the top 5? Ohio State loses to the eventual B1G Champion, yet they get to go to the playoffs while the B1G champion takes the consolation prize?
Listen to Deace's rant on the Michigan game. It makes sense how far this corruption goes. Everyone on in the system is getting super rice except the athletes. The game should not have an appearance of impropriety.
Listen to Deace's rant on the Michigan game. It makes sense how far this corruption goes. Everyone on in the system is getting super rice except the athletes. The game should not have an appearance of impropriety.
VTHawk
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No because the NCAA only goes after universities like UNLV and coaches like Jerry Tarkanian
