re: Blake Toppmeyer (USA Today sportswriter) disrespects Saban & wife in his latest article.

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These assholes don’t get it. His bosses aren’t preparing him for his next job or for life. That’s the job that a cfb coach.

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He ought to get it. He very likely worked for the school newspaper for free while he was in college studying journalism. This was done on the assumption that it was preparing him for his future career. That dynamic is accepted in every facet of college life, except for athletics. The counterargument is that athletes generate so much revenue that they deserve to be treated differently, but that doesn't really hold because every student generates revenue via tuition, housing, etc. and the vast majority of athletics departments around the country actually lose money. If anything, the average college football player is less financially valuable to a university than the average student.