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Originally Posted by habernac
Well, I guess the problem of having agents and boosters give the players money will continue then.
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Pretty much, the reason is because most of the top notch talent doesn't come from affluent areas. Most of these kids had to live on scraps and this is a way for them to live a little better.
there was a report out a couple of weeks or maybe a couple of months ago about how many schools actually turned a profit with the athletic department. It was a small amount and I think it was only 15 schools.
Duke isn't that big of a deal in athletics because Duke is a Private school. Academics come first at Duke. Vanderbilt is being bashed all the time about not spending money on football and not relaxing its academic standers for players but like Duke they are a Private school and can care less about sports.
the guys that you see getting drafted most of the time and I would be willing to bet its a staggering number don't care about their educations at the school they are attending.
I'm running into a situation down here in Alabama where people are coming to University of Alabama because of the football team and the school doesn't really have a strong department in the major that they are seeking.
Athletics play a big part in public schools. Like here at BAMA the enrollment has went through the roof in the last 5 years went from 18k or so to 32k students.
Go to any other Athletic even at bama and you will have plenty of room to stretch out and relax. Now talk about taking football away and your dead. They would let the Yankees come down again and torch the whole town and university like they did in the civil war, while all the fans line up around the stadium with their guns and pitchforks killing anyone that comes near the stadium.