I agree with you that they should separate men's basketball and football into their own entities, solely for the reason that they are the only sports that produce revenue. The reason athletic departments are operating at a loss is more due to the fact that they are supporting 15-30 sports that operating at a loss. I…

Why not just cut the 25 sports that don't make a profit and turn them into club teams? Why does the college need to support so many sports?

now they just need to get around to finding a way to regulating actually making the kids go to class and do their homework, so that everyone is on the same level there too.

Yes I am making fun of you because I have absolutely no clue with you are saying and I'm actually calling you 'accounting boy' because my degree is in finance (just playful barb), so stop setting up your straw-man.

And lastly, I also never said that Scholarships and Competitive have no value (all though there are in fact 'goodwill' and have no montarty value), but they don't equal anything close to Television Contract and Ticket Revenue. keep balancing books accounting boy

I wasn't saying you didn't know anything about economics, I am explaining the background behind my feelings and interpretations

i can't follow this for the life of me

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I personally think Title IX is bullshit (and I am fairly liberal). I am an economist at heart and believe that only the programs that can sustain themselves should have programs. I am aware that on 22 FBS athletic departments made a profit, but if you look strictly at Football and Mens Basketball, they ALL make…

Just read the rest of your paragraph - I have absolutely no clue what you are saying? Athletes of a different sport should absolutely be treated different with regards to how much they should be paid. It has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with how good you are or how hard you try, its all about how much MONEY you earn the…

"Fine, so you'll pay ALL athletes, right?"

^True but those corporations are owned by stock holders who invested in a company for gains and dividends. Colleges & the NCAA are tax exempt entities because of their bullshit student athlete arguements.

Myriad of other reasons? Please explain? You must really Hate Marvin Miller.

We're arguing two separate things here fella - The money usually goes straight to the Athletic Department which are usually independent entities of the schools themselves. And these budgets are all figured out school to school, the NCAA has no say in what a school can do with their funds.

I never implied what race you were, i was just shocked that someone other than Jimmy the Greek was still complaining about some other group with more fast-twitch muscles. And I have yet to say anything about NFL players, this is all about college players.

You need a license to play Running Back? What the fuck are you talking about.

It won't be the University's money and that's all that matters. Booster's give their own funds so I don't care if they are paying players for autographs. Whatever T Boone Pickens wants to do for Oklahoma Football isn't going to sway all of college football.

"Believe it or not, 18yr old kids don't usually get to decide they're gonna go pro in life. Why exactly should it be different for someone with more fast-twitch muscle than average?"

Yes you are right, the player does benefit. But not in any way that is monetary in value while the NCAA reaps all the profits.

I never said he was wrong. There is some definite truth to that statement about players not being ready for the NFL.