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Does football really belong in college athletics?
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:33 pm
I love CFB, but I sometimes wonder if it should be a collegiate sport.
I’m prepared to take my downvotes.
I’m prepared to take my downvotes.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:34 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I’m confused. Why shouldn’t it be a collegiate sport?
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:35 pm to Eli Goldfinger
so if COLLEGE football is not a COLLEGE sport, then what the hell is it???
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:37 pm to Eli Goldfinger
This thread needs to be whacked and you need to be whacked upside the head.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:47 pm to Eli Goldfinger
So no high school either?
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:48 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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I love CFB, but I sometimes wonder if it should be a collegiate sport.
It's minor league football. Plenty of players DGAF about that degree or classes.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:48 pm to Brazos
LSU got them boys thinking about ending it all.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:50 pm to Eli Goldfinger
As it’s set up right now OP has a legitimate question.
I think what you see in the lower divisions is fairly legit Collegiate sport.
In the SEC is a pro league pretty much.
I think what you see in the lower divisions is fairly legit Collegiate sport.
In the SEC is a pro league pretty much.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:52 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Holy shite, you're either trolling or LSU broke you.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:53 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I’m trying to reply without sounding like a dick, but who exactly would watch and be fans of non-college amateur football?
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:57 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Why are you satisfied being a loser?...
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:57 pm to Eli Goldfinger
A better Question is do the Olympic Sports belong in College Athletics
They lose TONS of money because the General Public only gives a shyt about those sports once every 4 years, and then to top it off the College Versions of those sports is played at such a low level that many Olympians no longer go the College route to get to the Olympics, at least not as much as they did 50-60 years ago
The truth is, is that every College Sport should be self sufficient and be able to stand on its own financially, just like the Academic Depts
A lot of Colleges have scrapped & dropped majors that were too much of a financial drain on the College, the Athl Depts should cull the herd the same way
They lose TONS of money because the General Public only gives a shyt about those sports once every 4 years, and then to top it off the College Versions of those sports is played at such a low level that many Olympians no longer go the College route to get to the Olympics, at least not as much as they did 50-60 years ago
The truth is, is that every College Sport should be self sufficient and be able to stand on its own financially, just like the Academic Depts
A lot of Colleges have scrapped & dropped majors that were too much of a financial drain on the College, the Athl Depts should cull the herd the same way
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:03 pm to r2d2
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As it’s set up right now OP has a legitimate question.
I think what you see in the lower divisions is fairly legit Collegiate sport.
In the SEC is a pro league pretty much.
I can’t wrap my head around your logic. How can you not realize the amateur quality of CFB is exactly why it’s popular? If you take away that you take away the reason any of us care/watch in the first place.
If I want to watch pro football I’ll watch the Saints (WHO DAT!!!)
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:04 pm to Eli Goldfinger
No, it doesn't. Hard to admit because I love it. But the game no longer aligns with the mission of higher education -- and in many ways has corrupted that mission.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:06 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Too violent
GTFO here.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:10 pm to Cold Drink
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I can’t wrap my head around your logic.
The starting point should be a simple question: What is the purpose of collegiate athletics?
When football first developed in elite east coast colleges in the late 1800s, that answer was simple and obvious -- athletics and physical fitness were considered essential components of cultivating the "complete man." Math, science, literature, philosophy, history, and athletics. All of these things were connected in 19th century thinking.
Now? Clearly this is not the case. The student--athlete model is a facade for what is really a corporatized farm league populated by athletes who (for the most part) have no true interest in higher education at all. On top of that, the sport does more to harm the brain than it does to cultivate intelligence.
We are approaching the breaking point, to be honest. It is difficult to see from the vantage point of an SEC fan -- obviously the SEC will be the last to give it up.
This post was edited on 11/15/19 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:13 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Taking that loss pretty rough eh? Ready to shut it down.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:17 pm to TxTiger82
If college football is really masquerading as a glorified minor league for the NFL, then eventually it will go away. Or at least be highlighted by the FCS model. Those players are probably much closer to the stereotypical depiction of student athlete than any of the big FBS schools represent. But the end is a long way off in my opinion. If anything kills the game, it will be the exorbitant amount of money to subsidize all of those scholarships.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:28 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Damn, lose to LSU and bama wants to get rid of football.... someone better take your shoestrings...
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