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6. I grew up with Ohio State football but the idea that teams
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 06:32 PM
Aug 2023

... from the Midwest and the East will be flying cross country to play games on the West Coast and teams on
the West Coast will be flying east to play football games
all the time dumping tons of CO2 into our atmosphere
is sickening. The Columbia River sturgeon is dying as are the King Crab in the Bering Sea, we have had 15 days of smoke from Canada's forest fires in Ohio this summer, and the areas burning in Canada should never be burning because they should have snow cover 4 to 8 months of the year.

This is madness.

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So true! demosincebirth Aug 2023 #1
The commercialization of college sports, Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #2
they have no shortage of fans who just suck that shit up Skittles Aug 2023 #8
College $port$. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #3
I am DONE with the whole scam... Thunderbeast Aug 2023 #4
I thought they would have athletic scholarships BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #5
the money from football/basketball Zeitghost Aug 2023 #11
Numbers bounce around BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #12
That makes sense Zeitghost Aug 2023 #13
I grew up with Ohio State football but the idea that teams Botany Aug 2023 #6
GREEN means one thing to them (spoiler alert, it Ain't the planet) usonian Aug 2023 #9
As a UM grad, I whole heartedly agree. roamer65 Aug 2023 #10
Kick dalton99a Aug 2023 #7
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