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College Football is Broken…Probably Forever
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<blockquote data-quote="TCUdirtbag" data-source="post: 3112351" data-attributes="member: 61297"><p>I don’t necessarily disagree with you overarching point. But this is hyperbolic. How do the millions of other non-D1-football-playing-humans learn about discipline, education, and true friendship/teamwork? D1 football is one way to learn these things, but it’s anything but the only way.</p><p></p><p>Honestly we all stood by for a few decades while being a college football player went from being an extracurricular activity to being far more than a full time job. It’s all consuming. We fans pounded the keys on message boards, subscribed to pay sites, plunged money into our chosen athletics department that marginally expanded scholarship benefits while paying coaches $1 M, then $2 M, then $4 M, then $5 M, then $6 M, and now as much as $10 M per year. Everyone except the players have been getting rich and chasing the next higher paying gig, year after year, for 20+ years. What’s happening now shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s just the natural progression of what’s been happening. IMO, it sucks. But there’s been no going back for a long time now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCUdirtbag, post: 3112351, member: 61297"] I don’t necessarily disagree with you overarching point. But this is hyperbolic. How do the millions of other non-D1-football-playing-humans learn about discipline, education, and true friendship/teamwork? D1 football is one way to learn these things, but it’s anything but the only way. Honestly we all stood by for a few decades while being a college football player went from being an extracurricular activity to being far more than a full time job. It’s all consuming. We fans pounded the keys on message boards, subscribed to pay sites, plunged money into our chosen athletics department that marginally expanded scholarship benefits while paying coaches $1 M, then $2 M, then $4 M, then $5 M, then $6 M, and now as much as $10 M per year. Everyone except the players have been getting rich and chasing the next higher paying gig, year after year, for 20+ years. What’s happening now shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s just the natural progression of what’s been happening. IMO, it sucks. But there’s been no going back for a long time now. [/QUOTE]
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