Posted on 02/03/2024 11:45:17 PM PST by Enterprise
T-Shirt worn by Oklahoma linebacker Brian Bosworth, who was not playing due to injury, on the sidelines at the 1988(?) Orange Bowl - for about one minute.
SOMEONE (one suspects former Athletic Director Donnie Duncan) made a fast phone call to the coaching staff and got him removed to the locker room, but only after it was broadcast live on national TV. Maybe one of the coolest stunts ever done by anyone in sports, IMO.
Very true statement. Nick Saban being a salient example to your point.
Euro style I like, my kids went to university in France, no sports, no greek society, just school. Cost about 1/2 what it is in the US and they stayed at home. A dang good education, no woke crap for the most part.
No, they are chasing money, but not from the colleges. They big money they are chasing is a pro contract. Sit on the bench as a second stringer at Bama or Georgia, or get field time at a second tier school like Kentucky or Ohio State. Or the other way around - give up field time at a Las Vegas for a shot at glory at Georgia. Hypothetically speaking, of course. No reference is intended to actual motivations for actual events.
“The financialization of every single thing in America ruins our culture.”
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It does indeed. We are a very materialistic society.
I agree. That’s the way it should be. Go professional or play club sports. I’m beginning to think that’s the way high schools should be too. There are so many “club” sports in high school that many times the athletes put more emphasis on their club team than they do their high school team. Separate academics and athletics totally.
Do consumers want to spend their Saturday afternoon watching Iowa State v. Kansas, or will they prefer to watch Michigan v. Georgia?
Would they prefer to spend their Saturday evening watching Texas v. LSU or Rutgers v. Wake Forest?
“The financialization of every single thing in America ruins our culture.”
We all aspire to enhance our financial situations. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that college football, along with everyone associated with it, shares the same desire and work ethic to improve their finances, just like you and I do.
This was inevitable. Bye Bye NCAA.
Yep.
This is what happened with English soccer back in the 1990s.
The big clubs said “Screw the FA” and formed The Premier League.
“The athletes continually transfer to the highest bidder college.”
Each person in this country not only possesses the right but also bears the responsibility to place themselves in a situation that will increase their income and net worth.
Why would you expect a college football player to act differently?
"Always the dollars, always the f___ing dollars." - Casino
“ The total corruption of college football is a metaphor for the total corruption of our entire society.‘
One of many such metaphors, I’d say. Try to find something, anything, today in America that is not corrupt. Try to find something in America that is not a lie. You could think on it all day long, and not find anything at all.
Ha Ha!
Remember the term…they were using it not all that long ago…student-athlete.
Student-athlete LOLOLOL.
Minor League football player. In many ways, most actually, it says more about our colleges in America than about the players.
“Coded” by #$%. The whole point of dropping to 4 super conferences is so they can walk away from the NCAA. They’re tired of the idiot punishments, the silly rules, and poorly executed tournaments. Now that they can fit into a power of 2 and handle the tournaments easy, they can walk away. And at some point they will. Maybe not this fight, or the next, but at some point.
College sports should never have been amateur. The minute there was enough money to pay a coach twice teacher salaries they should have acknowledged it is a business and paid EVERYBODY. And the idiot rules the NCAA put in to maintain the fiction were slimy and did nothing but punish the people at the most risk. Now it’s honest.
<>. . . if that means collectively bargaining with players and paying them for their athletic ability through revenue sharing ... well, that’s on the table, too. <>
Good. SEC, Big Ten football is the NFL’s farm league. I hope all SEC, Big 10 players get at least some compensation.
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