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Originally Posted by
FISHDAWG
A university's objective is to give a student athlete an education ... not to recruit for the NFL, NBA, MLB, or PGA .... both sides benefit already - how is this a bad thing? What else does the university owe them?
In theory, I don't disagree. But, the first time a college football coach became the highest paid employee on campus, it quit being about giving a student athlete an education. We can pretend all we want to that CFB is about the student athlete, but it hasn't been for a long time. DIII and NAIA is about student athletes. DI is all about money.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
In theory, I don't disagree. But, the first time a college football coach became the highest paid employee on campus, it quit being about giving a student athlete an education. We can pretend all we want to that CFB is about the student athlete, but it hasn't been for a long time. DIII and NAIA is about student athletes. DI is all about money.
So your saying draft eligibility after High School graduation. If so, I could live with that, I'm just not for universities paying student athletes.
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
In theory, I don't disagree. But, the first time a college football coach became the highest paid employee on campus, it quit being about giving a student athlete an education. We can pretend all we want to that CFB is about the student athlete, but it hasn't been for a long time. DIII and NAIA is about student athletes. DI is all about money.
I get what your point is and I understand that - not necessarily agreeing with it but an incredibly small percentage of these athletes go pro... so is it right to pay ALL of them for the sake of a very few? Those very few that do make it will get theirs eventually and they have the university to thank for that....but the academic and baseball scholarships just have to be content with only an education.... You're a good poster Brunswick and I enjoy your post so don't take mine as being argumentative - it's just a difference of opinion
OXFORD, Miss. (WTVA) - Ole Miss campus police ask students to behave at future baseball games following a recent incident.
The university said students were reportedly throwing rocks at Georgia baseball players during last weekend's series.
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Originally Posted by
FISHDAWG
I get what your point is and I understand that - not necessarily agreeing with it but an incredibly small percentage of these athletes go pro... so is it right to pay ALL of them for the sake of a very few? Those very few that do make it will get theirs eventually and they have the university to thank for that....but the academic and baseball scholarships just have to be content with only an education.... You're a good poster Brunswick and I enjoy your post so don't take mine as being argumentative - it's just a difference of opinion
No harm no foul Fish -
I think the overall point I'm making is two fold - 1) this is a much more complicated issue than other sports that have a professional route; and 2) the time is long passed that "amateurism" and "student-athlete" is the reality that we should be basing decisions on - at least at DI football. Really, with the overall scope of money involved; the year round commitment by the athletes; and the way the entire system profits off of the program, there is room and funding for change. People can lament the change, and that's fine. I don't like the DH and astro turf - so we all have changes about sports we don't like. Life moves on.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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