The colleges in the NCAA need to create a sports degree program that focuses just on sports. That way prospective students know up front not to expect an actual education if they choose to play collegiate sports and the colleges can stop paying off teachers and tutors to fix the athletes’ grades.
Many of these guys are getting a free education at major universities, about a $40,000 value even at an inexpensive school if you are out of state. It also gives them a shot at going into the pros if they do well, a minimum salary of a couple of hundred grand there. What other students at these schools get opportunities near that sweet?My beef with some of the universities is that they don’t take that revenue that is earned from football and put it back into the school so they can lower tuition for those who have to pay to be there. They build state of the art workout rooms and other nonsense that also benefits these football players.
The NCAA may have “strict limits,” but they are not being obeyed. The reports are that it is indeed 50 hours a week doing sports-related “work,” and fake classes helping to promote the idea of them being educated instead of used.
“Nice thought and all that, but if we can’t even fix a bridge before it collapses, we sure aren’t going to pay all those military more.”Not only can’t we fix a bridge before it collapses, we continue to cut the budget for fixing bridges after it collapsed. That’s not a metaphor, it actually happened. As for the military, all that money is supposed to go to the military industrial complex to produce sub-standard equipment, not for decent wages for the men and women who literally put their lives on the line. What are you, a socialist?
Jason Allen about 10 years ago
The colleges in the NCAA need to create a sports degree program that focuses just on sports. That way prospective students know up front not to expect an actual education if they choose to play collegiate sports and the colleges can stop paying off teachers and tutors to fix the athletes’ grades.
Brutatowski about 10 years ago
Many of these guys are getting a free education at major universities, about a $40,000 value even at an inexpensive school if you are out of state. It also gives them a shot at going into the pros if they do well, a minimum salary of a couple of hundred grand there. What other students at these schools get opportunities near that sweet?My beef with some of the universities is that they don’t take that revenue that is earned from football and put it back into the school so they can lower tuition for those who have to pay to be there. They build state of the art workout rooms and other nonsense that also benefits these football players.
moosemin about 10 years ago
No wonder higher education is so expensive today.
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
The NCAA may have “strict limits,” but they are not being obeyed. The reports are that it is indeed 50 hours a week doing sports-related “work,” and fake classes helping to promote the idea of them being educated instead of used.
kaboobs about 10 years ago
How about paying the fellas/girls that wear military helmets instead? Who deserves it more?
Jason Allen about 10 years ago
“Nice thought and all that, but if we can’t even fix a bridge before it collapses, we sure aren’t going to pay all those military more.”Not only can’t we fix a bridge before it collapses, we continue to cut the budget for fixing bridges after it collapsed. That’s not a metaphor, it actually happened. As for the military, all that money is supposed to go to the military industrial complex to produce sub-standard equipment, not for decent wages for the men and women who literally put their lives on the line. What are you, a socialist?