re: Insanity in college athletics is going to lead to empty stadiums/arenas within 5 years!

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No emotional arguments from me, just calling it like it is.

You are the one accusing me of being all sorts of things that I am not, compounding that with the other lies and falsehoods you proclaim. Your hysteria is showing as you go on and on and on.

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bullshite.

You keep talking about how unfair it was of the NCAA to do these things. Hell, you are even doing it now in this post immediately after you say this.

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The NCAA used the name image and likeness of those kids for YEARS, and made money off it. You are the one that thinks it is okay to do this because they had an opportunity to get a college degree (which realistically very few of them wanted) and some other perks that amounted to something like $50k to $100k. The NCAA also used their virtual monopoly on being a farm system to the NFL in order to force the players to accept their requirements. After the Ed O’bannon case it became okay to talk about what everyone knew was going on, and some players saw they could get more of what the market said they were worth. Now a college QB at big time D1 program is getting 1 million a year at least, that is what the schools want to pay, that is what the players want to get, and that is more than ten times what they got before.

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Once again you start with how unfair it was and how because you believe it was unfair it's justified to take away their rights.

The reality is it was a voluntary system for everyone involved. Players cheered when they got scholarship offers because it was an opportunity that millions of kids would have loved to have. Something that about 20 million people pay for every year.

It doesn't matter if you like it. The beauty of liberty is that you can choose NOT to do it. And as always, those who oppose liberty and freedom do so out of fear of what others will do with their freedom. Always under the lie that it's for some social justice. You are a bad person.

And it is no where near a monopoly, nor has the NCAA done anything to prevent competition. It's obviously never bought out a competitor. New leagues form all the time, but they aren't able to remotely offer what a scholarship gives. So your solution is to remove the rights of the successful in order to have social justice via the government forcing a transfer of wealth.

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So you can keep your head stuck in the sand and watch as the real world goes on without you.

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I'll just lose interest and quit watching, the same as I did with other sports. I'm just giving you a basic civics class since you apparently don't remotely understand the concept of liberty or free markets. You're just an indoctrinated social justice warrior.

What would any GT fan know about packed stadiums. Unless UGA or Clemson is visiting that rusty old hulk you insects call a stadium you are lucky to get 20,000 and many of those are visiting fans.
It’s too bad that GT can’t compete with the real programs - in fan base, attendance, financials or recruiting. Nothing new there. Nil or not.
As for Bamas spring game attendance, I’d bet it was still larger than GTs. It was a spring game with a coach many Bama fans aren’t thrilled with. But their stadium will be packed come fall. Not yours though. Maybe GT should think about handing out free tickets to the homeless who abound around their stadium. Maybe not. They are having a hard enough time already without adding even more sadness and depression to their lives.

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You are so full of crap. The coaches and the NCAA had all the power in that situation and anyone being honest knows it. You want to wrap yourself in your made-up morality play where the NCAA and the coaches are all the good guys and they have been set upon by these awful selfish kids.

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I've never once said the NCAA are the good guys. Your need to make them out to be bad guys is just part of your justification for removing their rights. You believe that if you can make them out to be the bad guys, it's justification for you taking away their rights.

I said it's a voluntary organization.

The only way to be a bad guy is to take away the rights of other people. That's people like you.

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It is not me that “thinks” it is unfair. When their monopolistic practices were challenged in court it all fell apart. You are the one that cannot accept the outcome that occurred.

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Name the monopolistic practices.

You claimed it was the free market at work, and you are the one arguing in favor of the actions. I am correcting you and giving you a basic civics course.

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You say so many things that fit your narrative but do not match reality. I have no use for social justice warriors, of which you are one - you just do it for the NCAA and the coaches.

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You believe and want the government to interfere with private organizations because you believe they are being unfair to the people who voluntarily apply to be part of it.

You do in fact look for the government to bring the social justice you believe is needed because the NCAA is "greedy" in your own words.

I believe private organizations should be allowed to set their own standards and as long as it is voluntary the free market will decide.

If the NCAA wasn't offering a good deal, alternatives would form. You want to punish them because none did.

You are the one who wants to use the government to force the transfer of wealth and apply regulations. If you don't want to be the social justice warrior, then choose liberty and free markets instead.