This is where the whole "this is how the school makes money" argument with regards to things like football falls flat on its face.

In my country people go to uni to become doctors, lawyers and scientists. Not to become professional athletes. Most pro athletes go to university AFTER their career. And soccer players start signing up at the age of 9, you won't see them at university ever.

But millions of people already watch minor league football every week during football season. It's just called something else.

I think you will find for the most part that the kids in non-revenue sports are excellent students, probably with higher average GPAs than the general student population. Particularly students in individual sports like swimming and track tend to be very motivated. These kids can probably get academic scholarships…

I don't see why the NFL wouldn't want a minor league. They could have teams in cities without professional teams like Columbus, Austin, Tallahassee, etc. and lease space from the universities in those cities, and then develop talent the way they see fit. They could even sell tickets to the games. It works in…

I don't think these scholarships are the ones that are making tuition more expensive, in fact I would bet your ass it's not. Exorbitant salaries for coaches and other staff are probably the cause. Also, if a kid is good at a non revenue sport and is able to go to college and get a good education because of it that's a…

There's no other country in the world with big time college sports as far as I am aware. Anyway, I agree with you, but unfortunately this nonsense is ingrained into the American culture. The main problem are the "scholar"ships. No reason for athletic scholarships to exist since, as far as I am aware, there's no…

The best way to reform the system would be to get rid of athletic scholarships. Period. Then kids who want to be professional athletes and aren't interested in school can go to a professional league. Maybe the NFL could even have a reserve league or something for the college age kids the way soccer leagues do.

I don't usually associate "miserable" with the life of a college athlete, but I'll take your word for it.

Exactly. It's a huge misconception that Edgar Martinez isn't in the HOF because he had great numbers, but voters are denying him because he was a DH. His numbers are marginal, and the fact that he was a DH means that he has nothing to add to his value except his hitting numbers. Compare him to someone like Frank…

Are you calling hits and home runs the least relevant counting stats in baseball? Not to start a discussion because stats say whatever we want them to, but that would be an absolutely absurd assertion.

Of course he's complaining, he's managing the CUBS.

The real reason why they won't admit it? Because what you say is horseshit

Because he writes great roles (especially for women), launches careers, is an excellent director and has never been convicted of any crime?

At the brewery I go to, they have 10 house beers on tap. There's a hefe, a red and EIGHT FUCKING IPAS.

Bortles wanted to know about his punting.

The hypocrisy of conference commissioners and university presidents in this matter is undeniable, so finding fault with your ad nauseum drum-beating on behalf of a pay-for-play model in college is far from a validation of the lying blather that comes from the mouths of these fatuous asshats. The NCAA is a carbuncle on…

Does anyone really expect the commissioner of the Big Twelve to be honest about anything involving numbers?

When he says "Olympic sports," he's talking about non-revenue sports like gymnastics and track, at the college level. He's not talking about the actual Olympics.

"There's something like a zero percent chance that Hanley Ramirez's left arm is anything but completely non-functional today." Love you, Tom, but what's going on in this sentence?