Originally posted by kirksey957 . But the writer made a good point when he said that universities exist not to attract football coaches or to have winning sports programs. Universities exist to provide an education. Take heart.[/b]
I do appreciate your sentiments. I find them to be noble sentiments but I do not entirely agree, however. Do universities exist soley to educate? If so, why does it take a small fortune to attain higher education? It seems to me that universities exist just to do what everyone else is out to do which is to make $$$. You could even argue that higher education is a form of economic segregation. I think college sports is no different. The world of college sports is just another venue of collecting $$$ for the respective universities. Every year the ticket prices go up and every year they figure out ways to prevent others from profiting off their sports events like they themselves do. Where all that $$$ goes God only knows. Its a real racket.
Originally posted by kirksey957 But the writer made a good point when he said that universities exist not to attract football coaches or to have winning sports programs. Universities exist to provide an education. Take heart.
The typical university student doesn't want an education; he or she want a degree. Universities exist to generate income for research. Students exist because they fit into the economics of giving professors something to do in-between research grants. Football and other sports exist to bring recognition to universities among those that cannot comprehend research processes, and to keep students from thinking too long about their place in the industry of "education".
Tedd Ginn and Pittman to the draft is likely..one of them, it is OFFICIAL.
OSU will NOT make the National Championship. Like the Chargers.
They won't anyway. There's no way they'll beat USC next year. In fact, if USC fails to go undefeated, it will be because some crappy Pac-10 team knocked them off again (as happened twice this year).
Tedd Ginn and Pittman to the draft is likely..one of them, it is OFFICIAL.
OSU will NOT make the National Championship. Like the Chargers.
Thank God. It will be better than being humiliated in a high profile game like this year. Perhaps they will lay low and not even make a bowl run of any kind. Really, the only thing that matters, however, is beating that team up north. That will be a miracle in and of itself next year.
Originally posted by Wulebgr They won't anyway. There's no way they'll beat USC next year. In fact, if USC fails to go undefeated, it will be because some crappy Pac-10 team knocked them off again (as happened twice this year).
Yes, I think USC is destined to win the national title for the next 100 years or so. Assuming an earthquake does not cause the entire state to fall into the ocean, that is. Would'nt that be a shame. 😀
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