so no one is ever going to get it.

Most of these guys won't go on to pro sports. Of those who do go, most will be supporting players and not stars. Most will end up injured and poor and with a college diploma no one takes seriously.

Because no one expected better.

They will tend to go into the military-industrial complex, almost without a thought, to opress others...

Wouldn't want that lieutenant leading me.

And my father always advised me: Never Trust An Officer.

(rueful)

Doesn't that just say it all?

However, these athletes bring in millions and millions of dollars to the university. Yeah yeah yeah, they get a scholarship for an education, but I do think they are exploited.

Peace

Makes sense. US media is so euphemized. It should be euthanized.

Doesn't she understand that sports matters more than academic integrity?

You rilly stuped. You shoud dye.

Sined,
Redshurt Runing Bak

"I threw a block to open a hole at left guard and received a 5 year sentence for playing an illegal sport!"

I said competitive college football leagues should be banned. I never said the sport of football should be made illegal.

Humor bad jokers bad shame shame shame Mr Funny Mans making jokes.

It is indicative of either malicious intent on your part or a reading level on par with that of the average college footballer.

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``This is offensive, cheap, crude and vicious humor, making fun of a former president of the United States, a major public figure, an internationally recognized elder statesman, just because he is a geek.``

If you had either of those reactions, you are not Humor Impaired, because you at least grasped that the paragraph was SUPPOSED to be funny. The Humor Impaired people, on the other hand, missed that point entirely. They are already writing letters to the editor saying: ``They wouldn't use electric shocks! They would use hand signals!`` Or: ``Where can I buy a pair of undershorts like that?`` Trust me! I know these people! I hear from them all the time!

As opposed to someone who simply uses the label to mask their contempt or ignorance.

His joke wasn't unfunny and you can come down off the self-righteous cross please.

Unless you forget. . .we're all on the same side.

Has no one in here heard of irony?

Enjoy being on the cross and my ignore button.

Misrepresenting other people is hilarious. That's kind of the point actually.

It's certainly not a humor-free zone... we simply expect what people call humor to be, well... funny (instead of a justification for stupid statements)

Next time, try being funny, it will most likely work.

The better question is this:

How did they graduate middle school and high school?

By being the best at a pointless game and knowing the right people to make academic exemptions.

here in Texas (where it's practically a machine). Out of his 7 teachers, 6 are coaches and 1 is a huge fan of the team. If I didn't care, no one would...really.

They give them tutors and such, but they are expected to actually get an education while they are there. Many of them are actually quite bright and it tough academic programs.

There are so many.

Go blue.

And yes, you had the right one!

Go Green

ha.



PS. Ha.

what percentage graduate with a degree? of those degrees, what percentage are in sports/sports management?

But it is always relevant. This topic was raised 40 years ago and then it was dismissed. Its an Elephant in the room thing we dont like to talk about. The players are the victims. Should there be better oversight to protect the student athlete? Yes. There should absolutely be an alternative league. Right now, they run the kid through a junior college, and make him eligible.
They have a few more tricks, but what our universities are all involved is is basically bondage.
You play to stay.If you get hurt, you lose your ride. The players are victims of an antiquated feudal system set up a long time ago by the universities who saw an opportunity to cash in.
Cash. Its about money.

There would be intermural sports only. That would save a lot of headaches.

that will follow them into middle age for a college degree, and semi-literates get a free ride because they can play ball and after 4 or 5 years will walk away debt free and most likely with no degree. WTF?

the cost of insuring sanctioned sports players

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/headlines/20131111-special-report-15000-for-an-acl-tear-the-ins-and-outs-of-supplemental-insurance-part-3.ece

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-13/news/ct-met-rockys-law-20131013_1_rocky-clark-high-school-athletes-catastrophic-injury-insurance

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/sports/football/insurance-liability-in-nfl-concussion-suits-may-have-costly-consequences.html?pagewanted=all

http://personal-injury.lawyers.com/Personal-Injury-Basics/Sports-Injuries-Who-Pays-the-Bills.html

demonstrate what should have been learned in the third grade?

How did they get into college?



The focus of school should be learning.

Pi are square? No it isn't. Pi are round. Cornbread are square.

our country's priorities.

Dexter Manley testifying in front of congress and admitting that although he graduated from Oklahoma, he was functionally illiterate but nobody cared because of the football. It was one of the bravest things I had ever witnessed.

about anything else, but even a hint of a suspicion about anything that might interfere with our distractions and there will be hell to pay.

That's what will get Americans out in the streets, today.

College football and basketball players know a hell of a lot about football and basketball.

Now, they should also be receiving an academic education......

One WHAT??