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Old 09-10-2020, 10:03 AM
 
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Many of these kids could never pay for this type of university degree which their athletic talents can afford them. So they will be getting an education, yes. Plus a miniscule chance to play professional football.
Besides game enthusiasm is contagious and helps keep the student body motivated.
Right. Sports cause economic exploitation.

As for the money aspect of College football, well, if there is a way to make couple of bucks out of it, it will happen. It is the American way.
Still don't need sports. Especially football.
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Old 09-10-2020, 10:10 AM
 
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Many of these kids could never pay for this type of university degree which their athletic talents can afford them. So they will be getting an education, yes. Plus a miniscule chance to play professional football.
Besides game enthusiasm is contagious and helps keep the student body motivated.
Right. Sports cause economic exploitation.

As for the money aspect of College football, well, if there is a way to make couple of bucks out of it, it will happen. It is the American way.

Just because they're in school doesn't mean they're learning anything. I've met a TON of truly stupid college grads who at 45 continue to go on and on and on about their glory days of playing ball. They become perfect little worker ants in low-level office jobs.

95%+ athletes with no honest prospect of making it pro: They're just taking head injuries for the thrill of the crowd.

I'm well-aware of how the machine works: I have a dad who played pro baseball for almost two decades. He then became a sports agent. I've seen the inside of this game my entire life and It's not very pretty on the collegiate level. It's money-grubbing and disgusting.
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Old 09-10-2020, 10:12 AM
 
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Still don't need sports. Especially football.

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Old 09-11-2020, 01:51 PM
 
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Default KaBoom!

KaBoom! I am happy for you because apparently out of a ton of Idiots which were your coworkers- you were the cream of the crop? I find this difficult to believe.What business are you in anyway, where a bunch of guys who had their brains knocked out, idiots, work alongside you? It must be an easy place to work. Apparently. Well good! I should send a resume in and so then, will rise to become the CEO very quickly.

It is said that the cynic knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. The perfect fit , twice. A big boom! A sonic boom. A celebratory boom.

It is good to recognize the faith and esteem with which you hold the American Higher Education System.
You should become an activist in the Govt. to begin a movement to reform College Football so animated are you. I simply do not believe this, either. At all. Apparently just about anyone,anyone, can work for NASA too. On the Space Shuttle even. Including- a ton of idiots.
I used to have a Chiropractor who won a scholarship as a place kicker for U of Michigan. He never mentioned his college days, not even once. It must be that I run in different circles, than you.

Once anything is capitalized, of course, there is going to be a dark side to the endeavor. If a few bucks can be made at at anything here, it will be done. It is the American way. And.The capitalization of any endeavor will produce harm to someone. This is inevitable.
Big business, Wall Street, (sporting teams cause Wall Street busts and booms), the NFL, the ground pollution which manufacturing produces, politics, sausage making, pharmaceutical companies, coal mining, deforestation. Whatever the endeavor might be, there will always be some collateral damage. To humans.

It is the American way to make money and there will always be collateral damage from exploitation and you are merely in the peanut gallery. The cheap seats. You are naive.
It is only a game.
Travel to South Bend, Indiana and convince them of your ideas. Better yet. Go to the Citydataforum
SouthBendIndiana and post your theories online there. Begin with - " Win one for the Gipper."
DGarcia is right. BOOM! Again! Louder than boom, KaPow! Whoosh! ShaZaam! Yayee!

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Old 09-12-2020, 02:58 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Look at the bright side. Maybe with no professional sports for awhile, we'll realize that sports really aren't "needed" and we can use some that money to pay better salaries to teachers. Who really ARE needed.
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Old 09-12-2020, 03:11 PM
 
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Look at the bright side. Maybe with no professional sports for awhile, we'll realize that sports really aren't "needed" and we can use some that money to pay better salaries to teachers. Who really ARE needed.
Different pot of money....apples and oranges.
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Old 09-12-2020, 05:11 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Tied at 41 in San Marcos, heading into overtime
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Tied at 41 in San Marcos, heading into overtime
That was an exciting finish, but it was a game that Texas State should have won in regulation, if the kicker had made the PAT.
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Old 09-25-2020, 06:52 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Middle Tennessee 3-0 UTSA

Start of 2nd
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Old 09-26-2020, 05:46 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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UTSA 37 Middle Tennessee 35

Josh Adkins, a Smithson Valley graduate, came in late in the second half as the UTSA quarterback, to move the Roadrunners to 3-0.
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