Monday morning quarterbacks always know the right call (that they would have made--if there), but how do they play Monday morning PhD?
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Monday morning quarterbacks always know the right call (that they would have made--if there), but how do they play Monday morning PhD?
I was including women's sports in my point, Chloe. Sports and teamwork not only great lessons learned from in both high school and college.....but the sports enthusiast can often offer a university or school as much if not more than someone who can write a great essay. You seem to resent jocks in the school there on scholarship or something, that's all up to you.....but be informed, they sacrifice, put their school logo on their sleeve and represent the university..while making it money. They have great affect and influence on recruitment to the school, your opinion here in my view limited and quite dark.
Mainecoons (09-17-2014)
Frankly, I think the male student athletes who carry the entire program financially and make possible most of the sports programs for everyone else get a raw deal. They should be paid an allowance along with the scholarships. It is obscene to pay coaches millions while the players scrounge for spending money.
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the American Indian.”. Henry Ford
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Green Arrow (09-17-2014),Mainecoons (09-17-2014)
there are so many corners on that issue! In case no one noticed, college football is really big in our area (?). There are regular scandals of players who can barely read or write when they graduate, cars, $$$ given to player's families (!) by the alumnae associations, coaches being paid huge salaries, professional grade stadiums, etc. The players are used to make $$$ for the schools & they don't always end up with those big $$$ NFL contracts and too little education to make a living any other way.
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the American Indian.”. Henry Ford
Captain Obvious (09-17-2014)
Youre changing the debate. Phillyrabbit is upset that the majority of college students are now women. He thinks that it's the fault of feminists and that white European males are suffering because of it. The fact that a university gets money from sports is a different topic. My point to him is that if he wants more men in college then perhaps they should do more to compete with the women that are surpassing them in the admissions office. If carrying a football does the trick then so be it, but that's not what college should be about from a student perspective.
Also I'm not against sports or athletes, but I won't put an athlete that abuses his wife or child above my personable ethics or above a school or team as a whole.
Last edited by Chloe; 09-17-2014 at 11:35 AM.
Alaska Born ~ Oregon Grown
I enjoyed sports until I got into junior high school. The focus shifted from the game to winning. From fun to obligation. Academics presents the same kind of hurdle. This is unfortunate because great minds don't always have the drive to claw there way through the hoops just to get a chance.
My beliefs are a distillation of what I was taught as a child and what I observe as an adult.
Then I stand corrected. That wasn't how I was reading it. I happen to agree with you then. It is men's fault. We've no one to blame but ourselves. And good for women. Women do do more often go to college now. Makes me wonder why all the attention by liberals continues to be women, I'm hearing 'yes means yes' bull$#@! and just more female focused attention. It's crystal clear who is in crisis in this country. It is men. We dominate prison populations. We dominate crime stats. We dominate not taking care of children we've produced. We're not looking to our families, children, or country. I'm with you there, no one to blame but men themselves. Having said that....there is a mentality today that women don't need men. That they can raise a family by themselves. That a man in the household..simply isn't necessary. And I believe the focus on girls and women in this country where appropriate at times...has also left men out of the equations. As a result, I believe our boys now...are in crisis. They score much lower on tests, we have serious behavioral and drug problems, our academics....are in the toilet Chloe.
Oh...reckon it was your turn to 'change the debate?' No one said anything about putting abusive athletes above personal ethics or school either. Your turn to stand corrected.Also I'm not against sports or athletes, but I won't put an athlete that abuses his wife or child above my personable ethics or above a school or team as a whole.