re: Academics starting to call for the end of college football

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Well that is not 100% true. Most money given to colleges for athletics come in the form of ticket priority just for the right to buy tickets. That is then tax deductible at the rate of 80%. My 4 scholarship tickets cost $12,000, but I get a $9,600 tax deduction. So the government is still partially funding the moneys that go for sports.

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They aren't directly funding it, that is my point. Just because you take advantage of tax loop holes doesn't mean that the government is funding college athletics. That tax loophole only inflates the price Auburn is putting on the tickets in the first place. If that loophole didn't exist, Auburn would price those tickets much cheaper because they wouldn't be able to unload them at $12k without the tax break loophole.