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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Yes, the athletes should be paid.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 11:07 AM

Mar 2018

Other extracurricular programs simply don't cost as much money. They just don't drain resources in the same way. They also don't demand as much from the students, and likewise don't hold out the promise of a high-paying career at the end. Well, there are the drama majors who go on to a successful career in Hollywood, but that's not held out as the promise the way a career in the NBA or NFL is dangled in front of the student athletes.

Baseball has a farm club system. So does hockey and maybe soccer. Basketball and Football use colleges as their farm clubs and aren't honest about it.

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New Mexico State University faculty concerned with recommendation to transfer $1.1M to athletics [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP

Everything I have ever read indicates that college sports are a drain on the school, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #1

The athletic programs should be totally decoupled from the public universities exboyfil Mar 2018 #2

Yes, the athletes should be paid. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #3