ExpatAkronite
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Didn't see anywhere else to put this and it is probably worth discussing. College football (and basketball) pretty much jumped the shark into quasi semi-pro ball a good while ago. Should colleges even be in this kind of big business? As it is the sport I love most I say yes; but rationally it is increasingly hard to justify.
And of course it leads to the debate if colleges should be involved in any athletics beyond intramural. I don't know. Many colleges/universities could be defined as really, really expensive vocational schools these days and are not exactly the embodiment of universitas magistrorum et scholarium. Do many even deserve the non-profit status? I suppose one way is to just go full on for profit.
The whole idea of amateur sports is a bit of an anachronistic relic at any rate.
Maybe there is a compromise somewhere....like university sponsored club sports that can pay a wage and help with tuition if a party is so inclined. I don't know if this new league will have any success but I think it is a topic that is not going away.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ental-league-will-challenge-college-football/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/...-envisions-a-no-college-path-to-the-pros.html
And of course it leads to the debate if colleges should be involved in any athletics beyond intramural. I don't know. Many colleges/universities could be defined as really, really expensive vocational schools these days and are not exactly the embodiment of universitas magistrorum et scholarium. Do many even deserve the non-profit status? I suppose one way is to just go full on for profit.
The whole idea of amateur sports is a bit of an anachronistic relic at any rate.
Maybe there is a compromise somewhere....like university sponsored club sports that can pay a wage and help with tuition if a party is so inclined. I don't know if this new league will have any success but I think it is a topic that is not going away.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ental-league-will-challenge-college-football/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/...-envisions-a-no-college-path-to-the-pros.html
