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LittleBlue

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19. Virtually the entire Ivy League has intercollegiate sports

Sun Mar 29, 2015, 02:19 AM

Mar 2015

Stanford, Cal Berkeley, and Northwestern all have them too. Nothing in these schools' mission statements prohibit athletics. If you really want to play the credentials argument, I've got you beat 10 to 1 on prestigious institutions.

Thousands of underprivileged young people get the chance to study at top universities because of these scholarships, students who wouldn't qualify for academic scholarships because they poured their efforts into athletics. Why do you sounds so eager at the idea of preventing them from accessing their only avenue to higher education? Utterly bizarre arguments you're making. Luckily your arguments are such a radical minority view nobody in power will ever consider them and athletics will be around long after both of us are gone.

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Kansas football assistant coaches will make close to $2.3 million in 2015 [View all] KansDem Mar 2015 OP

Football money doesn't come out of any academic funds LittleBlue Mar 2015 #1

You are correct! nt Logical Mar 2015 #2

Thanks. You beat me to it. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #3

it still seems.like.alot of money Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #4

It is a lot of money LittleBlue Mar 2015 #5

Not in comparison to how much the football program is probably bringing in. nt woolldog Mar 2015 #6

Our assistants at Oklahoma make a lot more than that. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #7

but the ones doing the real work. the athletes, make.nothing Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #9

Free college is something! Many other students would love it! Nt Logical Mar 2015 #10

Why isn't college free for everyone, regardless of whether he or she is a jock? - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #13

Good question... KansDem Mar 2015 #28

Think you meant to write "money made in the athletic programs stays in the athletic KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #31

Yes, you are correct. KansDem Mar 2015 #33

I think the quality of that education may not be the same as for a non-athlete indie9197 Mar 2015 #36

Many students work 2 jobs. nt Logical Mar 2015 #37

That's a different issue, and certainly one worth discussing. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #20

Lots of money in the entertainment business FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #8

especially for a basketball school pstokely Mar 2015 #26

Please explain again to me what the fuck football and basketball are doing KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #11

Giving scholarships to players who would otherwise be unable to afford college LittleBlue Mar 2015 #14

How does intercollegiate athletics mesh with the stated mission of an institution of KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #15

Columbia & UChicago did away with Division 1 competition and athletic scholarships Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #16

Virtually the entire Ivy League has intercollegiate sports LittleBlue Mar 2015 #19

Wouldn't it be interesting to compare the salaries of those jocks\playground supervisors KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #12

If the assistant prof in physics sold millions in tickets and jerseys, s/he'd be paid accordingly Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #17

It's good to know that the capitalist theory of surplus value has now thoroughly KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #18

Oh god, shut up you clown. woolldog Mar 2015 #23

oh my. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #34

You said it - it's a myth Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #24

Don't forget the humble social sciences (history, sociology, anthropology), nor departments KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #32

The University of Oklahoma sells out every home game every year. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #21

But where does the money go? KansDem Mar 2015 #29

For starters it funds the entire athletic department. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #30

slightly off topic - why does charlie weis keep getting hired as a coach? KG Mar 2015 #22

How much will the program make??? ileus Mar 2015 #25

but basketball is the bigger business at kU pstokely Mar 2015 #27

It pays to lose in some fields (KU suck in Football). Oh well. JanMichael Mar 2015 #35