"Raise the SAT requirement at Alabama and see what kind of team they have"

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onevol74 said:
There is no monopoly on football after high school. It would not be illegal to create farm leagues so these kids could develop for the NFL. They would not have to put up with the rigors of the academic system which is so detrimental and insignificant to there being.

As a former student who had to work full time to pay for school I have no sympathy for anyone who chooses athletics and gets a free ride. In fact, considering the living conditions, benefits, and academic assistance athletes get they are flat out privileged. If that is not enough then they should consider another path for life.
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Considering that that "farm league" doesn't exist, the NCAA currently has a monopoly.

It's not some gift, it's earned by being exceptional in a sport. Do you view students who get merit scholarships for being extremely smart as "entitled" as well?
 
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NashVol11 said:
Considering that that "farm league" doesn't exist, the NCAA currently has a monopoly.

It's not some gift, it's earned by being exceptional in a sport. Do you view students who get merit scholarships for being extremely smart as "entitled" as well?
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The reason the farm leagues do not exist is not because of the colleges or the NCAA, but because of the NFL. The NFL has a good thing going that does not cost them anything.

No, I do not consider merit scholarship students as entitled. But they do not belly ache about not getting paid. Many people that work in the medical fields put in long hours of training without salary.

The schools make a lot of money in athletics but reinvests that money into facilities, coaches, etc, that provide notoriety and publicity for the student athletes. If the athletes want to take advantage of the process then lets make them contribute to finance it. Very few of these athletes could actually pay for the notoriety that is provided by the college programs. But in the mean time we have a huge portion of academic students strapped by life long debt due to their cost of education.

Yes, these athletes are privilidged.
 
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onevol74 said:
No, I do not consider merit scholarship students as entitled. But they do not belly ache about not getting paid. Many people that work in the medical fields put in long hours of training without salary.

The schools make a lot of money in athletics but reinvests that money into facilities, coaches, etc, that provide notoriety and publicity for the student athletes. If the athletes want to take advantage of the process then lets make them contribute to finance it. Very few of these athletes could actually pay for the notoriety that is provided by the college programs.
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Most of this is true for merit scholarship students as well. Research facilities, top professors, etc. give them a platform to succeed that they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. If the school were making hundreds of millions off of that relatively small group, I wouldn't consider them entitled for asking for a piece of it.
 
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TUSKtimes said:
Not much actually, in Alabama, colleges use ACT scores. Josh doesn't sound like much of a student and I'm concerned a lot of his frustration could be that study and college life just ain't his thing.
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He's an Economics major; I don't think school is his issue. If it was, he would've majored in PE or the all-so-relevant Communications.
 
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TUSK, the single-wide is on fire. Your sister wants one last romp before it burns down, so run along now and make her yell "Roll Tide" for old times sake.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Maybe that's why these conversations are more fun for us lately than for you. For us it is history. For Bama, it's current events.

Hello, Da'Shawn Hand! Hello, Cam Robinson! HOOAH! (that's how you say it when you're in the hardest-fighting branch).
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Have you forgotten so soon about J. Jennings arrest for marijuana possession? :salute:
 
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