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noobareus

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40. so right now all those student athletes are going to college

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #37)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 01:08 PM

Aug 2018

on scholarships and it isn't costing the school one penny and you think they should take that away and the school give them all academic scholarships.Where is all that money going to come from?

ETA: I wasn't aware of this rash of brain injuries and blown out knees on the badmitton team and the archery team and the golf team

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Part of the reason unemployment is so low is the baby-boomers are retiring. [View all] shraby Aug 2018 OP

Great analysis !!! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #1

I don't think that's true. A lot of people aren't retiring because they can't. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #2

The ones I'm familiar with are retiring right on schedule. Not working any longer than they shraby Aug 2018 #3

More older people are continuing to work than in the past. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #6

Mr. Shraby retired early at 61. He'd had it with working. Called me from work and said shraby Aug 2018 #8

Killing a whole generation in Academia JCMach1 Aug 2018 #9

Many universities discovered that it was much cheaper to hire adjuncts The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #10

Football doesn't cost most large universities a penny noobareus Aug 2018 #24

Not so much any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #25

statistics don't lie noobareus Aug 2018 #28

heck,if it wasn't for football noobareus Aug 2018 #30

Why are there college sports at all? What's wrong with just going to college The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #31

but that is just a different way of making the same argument noobareus Aug 2018 #33

Give those students academic scholarships The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #37

so right now all those student athletes are going to college noobareus Aug 2018 #40

Ditto. Blue_playwright Aug 2018 #14

I agree with you shraby blueinredohio Aug 2018 #11

You and op have very different takes TheFarseer Aug 2018 #4

Demographics of the baby boomers - there are more of us than the next younger group FakeNoose Aug 2018 #18

I can quaker bill Aug 2018 #20

We Boomers are also taking money out of our 401k's rickford66 Aug 2018 #5

Are you talking about Req'd Minimum Distribution at age 70.5? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #21

Any withdrawal required or not. rickford66 Aug 2018 #22

Makes sense...nt SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #7

Nope. There are more Millennials than Baby Boomers. There are still more people than jobs. LonePirate Aug 2018 #12

There weren't a lot of great jobs for boomers... diane in sf Aug 2018 #15

As a Gen Xer, there were plenty of Boomers who kept me from good jobs. LonePirate Aug 2018 #16

Actually, I think this year, for the first time, millenials outnumber boomers Fiendish Thingy Aug 2018 #13

It's complicated. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #17

I've been working two days a week for a few years phylny Aug 2018 #19

I suppose I COULD retire, but then what? DFW Aug 2018 #23

My husband works part-time because he wants to...... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #26

I think MichMary Aug 2018 #27

some truth in this BUT retirees are also working longer and working part time beachbum bob Aug 2018 #29

My mom just retired this year blur256 Aug 2018 #32

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LOL DesertRat Aug 2018 #35

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