Most athletes don't enrich the university

Jul 30, 2014
5:16:18pm

donnerstag

the majority of sports don't make money and most players/athletes aren't draws anyway. The university gets to field a team, which can help the marketing of the school.

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Student athletes are interns

Y05

7/30/14 4:46pm

Except that is only true for a teeny fraction.

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 4:48pm

The rest of them are not good enough to actually get paid. One more reason they

Bluedomination

7/30/14 4:50pm

+boxy

boxydutch

7/30/14 4:52pm

Do college football programs not pull in significant revenue?

hessrp

7/30/14 4:53pm

They do get paid. Free room and board, food, and tuition. If it wasn't worth it

Mikey

7/30/14 4:56pm

I got the same type of scolarship for music

hessrp

7/30/14 5:01pm

Why should it? When I worked in consulting, I was billed out at $500/ and was

Mikey

7/30/14 5:06pm

If you quit your job, would your company lose its product?

hessrp

7/30/14 5:17pm

Yes. I provide a service. Now, the company could hire someone else to do that

Mikey

7/30/14 5:22pm

They do have a choice. Just like people who go to law school

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 5:23pm

Maybe music wasn't yo' "thang"

Sportsroof

7/30/14 7:17pm

Revenue is misleading, most athletic depts run in the red. So no there isn't

Bluedomination

7/30/14 5:00pm

Gratitude for whom? The bowl execs that work one week out of the year,

hessrp

7/30/14 5:11pm

and 90% of athletixs could go away, including the

TXSmith

7/30/14 5:14pm

I agree. I hope it does go away.

hessrp

7/30/14 5:24pm

dude you make me cringe

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:37pm

Again, Fiddler on the Roof

hessrp

7/30/14 5:40pm

I'll buy you a one-way ticket to France.

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:42pm

So it is TV money that changed the game. Should non football athletes be

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 5:48pm

don't bother, either hess is a troll, blinded by CFB, or has no interest

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:54pm

au contraire. I've been a lifelong lover of all things BYU and BYU football

hessrp

7/30/14 6:04pm

Sorry for doing this, but I have to...

hessrp

7/30/14 5:54pm

OK- now a troll who certainly never played sports at any level

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:56pm

minor league football would be a disaster

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:01pm

Yeah, your comparison to slavery pretty well undermines your entire

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 6:01pm

lol, because paid sports is very ethical

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:05pm

tell me how professional sports are as corrupt as college football?

hessrp

7/30/14 6:11pm

yeah, you have your head in the sand

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:12pm

explain to me how pro sports would die if college football changes?

hessrp

7/30/14 6:13pm

well, let's make it easy

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:15pm

Be careful, that slope looks really slippery

hessrp

7/30/14 6:23pm

very sad view of the future. I would hate the whole idea of what you want

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 5:59pm

You are fighting the wrong fight then. Go after coaches, don't enable students

Bluedomination

7/30/14 6:32pm

*deep breath*... where do you draw the line?

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:01pm

Your concerns are very valid. I think college athletics should cease to exist

hessrp

7/30/14 5:05pm

ummm no it's not.

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:12pm

When did you attend BYU? TV money is a game changer

hessrp

7/30/14 5:20pm

who are these "athletes"

boxydutch

7/30/14 5:32pm

fiddler on the roof stuff is getting dumb

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:09pm

why? because it's valid?

hessrp

7/30/14 6:13pm

cougarmanguy

7/30/14 6:13pm

We can all agree the consequences to student athletes and amateur athletes

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 6:41pm

Revenues - yes. Profits for most schools - NO.

OptimisTIC

7/30/14 7:27pm

Then they should sign a minor league agreement.

KGKUGR

7/30/14 7:34pm

of lawyers

Cougarclaw

7/30/14 4:50pm

That's why lawyers can sympathize with them. On the other hand it isnt

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 4:52pm

"fame is its own reward"

yahtzee

7/30/14 4:59pm

or was that "virtue..."

yahtzee

7/30/14 5:06pm

Same is true for unpaid Interns.

Admiral Ackbar

7/30/14 5:09pm

True few make it NFL but others go into coaching, broadcasting, training field.

scott715

7/30/14 6:51pm

it does open doors to other opportunities

Y05

7/31/14 6:04am

Probably the best comparison I've heard. Bingo.

KingDave

7/30/14 4:54pm

Student athletes don't enrich universities,

Archaea

7/30/14 5:04pm

They get free tuition and room and board

AxelDC

7/30/14 5:12pm

And BYU is a bad example. Think Northwestern or even a state school

QuinneyCoug

7/30/14 5:18pm

The food cost is about to go up.

lawboy

7/30/14 5:39pm

Most athletes don't enrich the university

donnerstag

7/30/14 5:16pm

it helps marke the athletic department.

Archaea

7/30/14 5:48pm

I'm sorry Hessrp, apparently you were seriously hurt (maybe your child) by

BYUALWAYSNUM1

7/30/14 7:33pm

One major issue with athletes being slaves...

Tweege

7/30/14 7:42pm

a better comparison is the 19th century robber baron economy

Basicn3

7/30/14 10:30pm

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