Paying a bribe for the coach to pretend that your daughters are outstanding rowers ("crew") in order to get an athletic scholarship, or THE FACT THAT SUCH ELITE SCHOOLS WOULD AWARD A FOUR-YEAR FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO SOMEONE FOR ROWING A ******* BOAT?
Athletic scholarships to college are an abomination, and should be abolished, with cheaters executed.
All college sports should be abolished unless it's a private U...
That’s just stupid. Since Ancient Greece it has been recognized that a complete education includes the physical. One of the many reasons why America has the best universities in the world is the sense of community the best schools foster.
Clearly what I was talking about was the citizens of Ohio sending the Ohio State Football team or the Ohio State Volleyball team to Nebraska to play a meaningless football or volleyball game.
You can have physical education; you don't need million dollar athletic budgets that raise tuition, take time away from studies, endanger the health of students etc...
You frail, bitter little idiot. Who says those games are meaningless?
Life.
And it seems to have missed you completely that athletics spur enrollment,
Arguable under the best of circumstances.
Successful teams spur enrollment. Most teams are not successful.
increase a sense of community,
Laughable. Zion Williams is already trying on NBA jerseys. It's a rarity to see top players spend their entire allotment at their university.
As for the fans...I imagine they could find something else to do. Here's an idea, attend a game where the shirts play the skins or an inter-squad game or whatever. Last year, the taxpayers of Michigan sent their Michigan State football team to Arizona State to play a football game. Yep...it probably cost the taxpayers upwards of $100K to send the team, their equipment, the band, the cheerleaders, the support staff.
Nobody in Michigan enjoyed a "sense of community" from that expenditure...did they?
and bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from alumni.
Perhaps the alumni could invest in the education at their universities....
You are a shortsighted little weakling.
You're picking a fight. And losing. Badly.
Answer me this:
If college sports bring in millions of dollars from TV, from alumni, from ticket sales, from concessions, from shoe contracts, from radio contracts, from other events....
Why isn't tuition free?
University of Texas
Residents of Texas pay an annual total price of $25,440 to attend The University of Texas at Austin on a full time basis. This fee is comprised of
$10,398 for tuition,
$10,070 room and board, $662 for books and supplies and $0 for other fees.
The University of Texas at Austin - Net Price, Tuition, Cost to Attend, Financial Aid and Student Loans
University of South Carolina
This fee is comprised of $11,462 for tuition, $10,008 room and board, $1,044 for books and supplies and $400 for other fees. Out of state residents are charged a total cost of $47,162 which is 74.3% higher than South Carolina residents.
University of South Carolina Columbia - Net Price, Tuition, Cost to Attend, Financial Aid and Student Loans
Michigan State University
This fee is comprised of $14,460 for tuition, $10,026 room and board, $1,084 for books and supplies and $0 for other fees.
Michigan State University - Net Price, Tuition, Cost to Attend, Financial Aid and Student Loans
Where is all the money they are bringing in going? I'll give you 3 guesses:
A). The Athletic Department
B). The Athletic Department
C). The Athletic Department