07-20-2020, 05:30 AM
This just strikes me as silly. If these kids don't want to play they should feel free to give back their scholarships and we will find someone who wants to play.
The economics of college sports are so misunderstood. First, the revenue sports don't make money for the schools. They make money for the AD that is the then re-invested in other sports. If we give the football team a bunch of money that just means fewer other sports.
But the even bigger issue in my mind is the idea of who is really making money here. If the Columbus Buckeyes were playing the Ann Arbor Wolverines in a minor league football game no one would care. No other minor sport in this country or really worldwide makes any significant money. College sports are popular not because there is a brobdingnagian desire for minor league sports in this country, but because these schools have large alumni bases that make minor league sports work. It isn't the athletes. Someone needs to explain this to these kids.
The economics of college sports are so misunderstood. First, the revenue sports don't make money for the schools. They make money for the AD that is the then re-invested in other sports. If we give the football team a bunch of money that just means fewer other sports.
But the even bigger issue in my mind is the idea of who is really making money here. If the Columbus Buckeyes were playing the Ann Arbor Wolverines in a minor league football game no one would care. No other minor sport in this country or really worldwide makes any significant money. College sports are popular not because there is a brobdingnagian desire for minor league sports in this country, but because these schools have large alumni bases that make minor league sports work. It isn't the athletes. Someone needs to explain this to these kids.