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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
While no player should be abused (and I do not mean in the child abuse way) since when do college (fill in sport here) sports exist to produce players for professional teams? For that matter, since when do high school (fill in sport here) sports exist to produce players for college and professional teams.
I am of the firm belief that a student attends college because he/she wants to get a college education and that college sports is an extracurricular activity of the educational process.
One can demonize the coach for abusing his players, if he really is abusing them, but the coach should not be demonized because he used his players in such a many that the team acheived as much success as possible with the talent that it possessed.
I think that part of the problem is that college and unversity presidents have forgotten to take control of their athletic departments and the tail is wagging the dog and not the other way around.
Just a obervation made through rose colored glasses.'
MTD, Sr.
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Mark,
Lets clear some of the colored tint away from your glasses.
I had a son that played 4 yrs of hs varity and 2 years of D1 College ball. If you think that MONEY is not the driving force for College athletics then your living in a different world. He completed he education in Engineering however it was implied several times to him that his sport should have been more important than his possible career in engineering.
It's ALL about TV money , donations and big income to the schools, necessary to run their programs and yes, very helpful to run the schools. Why do you think there is such a big problem with coming up with a National Championship for College Football.? It is NOT getting the teams to play, as much as how much the college and many, many others will make on the game.
Don't be a realist like myself, it has little to do with sport and competition. It is a Big Business and thats the way it is.
I say that they should actually just have Unversities that just offer Sports. A BA in Football , Baseball, etc. Quit hiding behind the fallacy that these athletes are truely getting educated. But this is America, and no one has ever said that I know it all either.