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re: $126,935 is the average annual cost of a Student-Athlete at Alabama.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:17 pm to GIbson05
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:17 pm to GIbson05
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This includes Scholarship, travel expenses, athletic facilities, equipment, nutritional expenses, and general operating expenses. It doesn't include coaches salaries.
I'm pretty positive that most people here have no idea what a scholarship entails. Let me break this bullshite down to you because none of this shite is a benefit.
Who the hell would ever claim that travel expenses are a benefit to the student athlete when the school is arranging the travel so that they can have their underpaid athletes/workers/sweatshop perform? If your company paid to have you fly to California to make a presentation on the companies behalf, is that a benefit to you or to the fricking company? Stop the dumb shite.
If your company had a cafeteria and a weight room. Is that your benefit or their benefit that you don't have to leave the facility to eat and you can stay healthy (or in this case bulk up) and work harder???
Do you really want me to believe that these schools that bulk these kids up, have them on supplements, now want to say that this is a fricking benefit? That's like a horse breeder, saying that the cost to breed is a benefit to the fricking horse???
Free education? That's bullshite. You are going to work your arse off. Your education is going to take a big hit as a result. Very few guys can get their education in 4 years while playing. So, who pays once the scholarship is gone? That same athlete who brought a shite load of money to the school will have to pay to complete their education. Who will pay the doctor bills 20 years later when that same athlete has arthritis, neural disorders, memory loss, bone loss? Please name me ONE athlete that got a job break because they played football? That's a fricking fallacy.
If you're not playing, the alumni don't give a shite. Why don't we have a "Where are they now", thread. Some of you would be shocked to know where your star players are today. It's not a pretty sight but you don't care to look.
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:38 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
I love the new Tax Law. It lowered corporate taxes from 35% to 21%. The law really helps small business owners. But it did hurt charitable giving in many cases. Alumni contributions are no longer wholly tax deductible. Anyone with an average middle-class income wouldn't be able to write off the deduction and would end up paying more to give the same amount. If that makes any sense.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:35 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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Very few guys can get their education in 4 years while playing.
Actually, most student athletes who enroll year round get their degree in under 4 years. Unless you change your major or fail classes, it is hard not to get a degree in under 4 years with the required coarseload.
Any athlete who doesn't get their degree under 4 years is probably not made for college and doesn't care that he/she is not made for college. The degree has to mean something, and that is where the ol' college try has to come in.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:48 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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Who the hell would ever claim that travel expenses are a benefit to the student athlete
What the frick are you talking about?
The OP was about the cost of funding a goddamn athletic program and why donations are solicited. NOT about it being a benefit to the athlete.
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