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Except that "football" is not a major. LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 07/04/2011 07:35:37 PM
SO you read a lot of books and glue ugly "sculptures" together. What the hell good does that do the rest of us? If you want to study literature get a library card and a join a book club. If you want to be an artist go be an artist because it doesn't take a college degree to glue flies to wall.

Questioning what is worthy to be in a college is dangerous game to start when you are the liberal arts side of the world.


Certainly, it's a dangerous game to begin playing with majors, but football is extracurricular. It's not like the art/lit people are being given scholarships to make macaroni sculptures in their spare time. They're learning painting techniques, art history, psychology, history, sociology, composition, etc...etc... all as part of their worthy/unworthy degree.

There's nothing academic about sports. Well there is, but those people are in degrees like kinesthesiology (sp?), sports medicine, etc... I mean that there is nothing academically related about actually playing football for the university. You don't take courses in throwing physics or Intro to Trauma Care or the airflow around a football in the air and how it affects optimal flight paths. I suppose you CAN, but it's not actually part of being a football player.

The ONLY difference in "worth" of varsity sports versus intramurals is that the varsity sports bring money in to the university, and varsity athletes get some academic perks like tutoring.


Even if you think it's "worthless", a liberal art major is still learning and involved in academics by virtue of being a liberal art major. A football player is involved in learning and academics by virtue of needing to be enrolled in the college in order to play. Removing sports from a school has no direct impact on its academics (beyond loss of money). Removing majors from a school is a direct influence on its academics.

Am I explaining this well? Do you get what I'm trying to say? I feel like I'm not :/
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Hey college sports guys.. @my - 06/04/2011 06:17:34 PM 1219 Views
speaking as a former student athlete... LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 06:43:13 PM 803 Views
I agree with this. *NM* Darth_Katie - 06/04/2011 09:16:43 PM 299 Views
Not a college sports guy, but I agree with LadyLorraine. Joel - 06/04/2011 07:17:07 PM 773 Views
I don't think that exact scenario would come up... LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 07:33:03 PM 750 Views
Generally, I don't think they should get paid. Fox and Ravens - 06/04/2011 07:29:29 PM 710 Views
If they're in college, fuck no. But should they be in college in the first place? Legolas - 06/04/2011 07:57:03 PM 896 Views
I believe it's because sports like basketball and football want to see your college career LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 08:47:24 PM 881 Views
Why not have young players prove themselves in the pro leagues immediately? *NM* Legolas - 06/04/2011 09:40:24 PM 283 Views
*shrug* ask them. less risk this way? *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 10:09:39 PM 318 Views
Football players don't mature until their early 20s at the earliest Larry - 06/04/2011 10:52:50 PM 846 Views
I assume you mean why don't the NFL and NBA teams develop their own young players? snoopcester - 07/04/2011 11:32:49 AM 731 Views
I say keep the sports and get wrid of all the worthless arts and lit programs random thoughts - 07/04/2011 02:07:36 PM 758 Views
Except that "football" is not a major. LadyLorraine - 07/04/2011 07:35:37 PM 830 Views
I do believe they recieve college credit for playing random thoughts - 08/04/2011 02:14:31 PM 688 Views
Yah, in the same manner I got PE credit for doing Marching Band... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2011 09:05:55 PM 629 Views
RIt would be no harder to make football a degree program random thoughts - 09/04/2011 05:11:13 PM 681 Views
2/10; would not recommend this trolling. Ghavrel - 09/04/2011 09:35:28 PM 681 Views
pointing out the unpopular is not trolling *NM* random thoughts - 10/04/2011 03:38:35 AM 278 Views
Posting purposefully incorrect statements to get a rise out of people is. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/04/2011 08:48:02 AM 345 Views
what was the incorrect statement? *NM* random thoughts - 11/04/2011 07:18:52 PM 288 Views
Playing ignorant doesn't really suit you. Ghavrel - 11/04/2011 11:48:15 PM 714 Views
that may be, but the fact of the matter is that it isn't. *NM* LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 12:19:14 AM 318 Views
Do you speak from experience or is it simply a matter of faith? *NM* random thoughts - 10/04/2011 03:37:31 AM 308 Views
so you do know of a school with a football major? LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 04:50:17 PM 700 Views
Havn't we been playing them under the table all this time? *NM* grogg0316 - 06/04/2011 08:52:09 PM 428 Views
I'm already pissed they get scholarships for being able to play football. They can join the NFL beetnemesis - 07/04/2011 12:50:15 AM 804 Views
Sports bring in such a huge amount of money to schools though. Darth_Katie - 07/04/2011 04:32:37 AM 699 Views
It does help schools raise money, AND it does help the players LadyLorraine - 07/04/2011 07:38:31 PM 720 Views
That's why there are need and merit-based scholarships beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 03:22:09 PM 709 Views
I get the rationale, it just annoys me. *NM* beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 03:20:05 PM 293 Views
No. Sports brings in huge amounts of money to popular schools. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/04/2011 03:27:33 PM 283 Views
So no one should profit if everyone can't? Darth_Katie - 10/04/2011 06:25:44 PM 687 Views
Uh, no they can't just join the NFL. They have to have 2.5 years out of high school. *NM* everynametaken - 07/04/2011 04:49:07 AM 332 Views
Really? random thoughts - 07/04/2011 02:03:32 PM 736 Views
well...if anything that just means there should be MORE emphasis on academics... LadyLorraine - 07/04/2011 07:26:49 PM 834 Views
That is a personal decsion they made random thoughts - 08/04/2011 02:16:17 PM 716 Views
I'm...not really sure what that means. LadyLorraine - 08/04/2011 09:10:17 PM 672 Views
The graduation rate for athletes overall is higher than the general undergrad student body, it seems Larry - 09/04/2011 02:57:43 PM 811 Views
How is that statistic presented? LadyLorraine - 09/04/2011 03:13:54 PM 646 Views
schools are full of fluff classes and it isn't just because of sports random thoughts - 09/04/2011 05:21:57 PM 625 Views
I did not say it was. LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 12:20:54 AM 728 Views
so we should just rely on your unbiased judgment and ignore facts? *NM* random thoughts - 10/04/2011 03:39:40 AM 320 Views
Yes that is precisely what I am asking. YOU CAUGHT ME *NM* LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 05:25:52 PM 313 Views
well since you seem unable to support your arguments that must be the case *NM* random thoughts - 11/04/2011 07:22:33 PM 288 Views
If that is what helps you sleep at night *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/04/2011 07:51:50 PM 272 Views
You seem to be the one who needs to think football are less intelligent *NM* random thoughts - 13/04/2011 12:06:29 AM 272 Views
I said nothing about intelligence at any point LadyLorraine - 13/04/2011 03:58:18 AM 674 Views
That's because you risk your tenure if you fail the sports darlings. Ghavrel - 09/04/2011 03:24:19 PM 645 Views
your facts counter your argument not support it random thoughts - 09/04/2011 05:18:02 PM 784 Views
I'm repeating what professors have told me firsthand. Ghavrel - 09/04/2011 09:33:10 PM 994 Views
Most profeesors are weak kneed liberals who are still mad that they were shoved in lockers random thoughts - 10/04/2011 03:45:36 AM 873 Views
I laughed out loud. That was grand. Ghavrel - 10/04/2011 08:46:29 AM 641 Views
Sorry dude but "somone told me" really isn't a fact random thoughts - 11/04/2011 07:21:48 PM 672 Views
All right, man. Whatever makes you happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/04/2011 11:49:12 PM 265 Views
That funny coming from you *NM* random thoughts - 13/04/2011 12:05:30 AM 258 Views
Err... I don't care? My point was that colleges shouldn't give a damn about athletics beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 03:25:24 PM 771 Views
Because college is only about what YOU think it should be about? random thoughts - 09/04/2011 04:14:03 PM 674 Views
And yet we seem to agree that college is about education beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 07:29:31 PM 782 Views
you said you are pissed that they recieve scholarships random thoughts - 09/04/2011 07:45:02 PM 713 Views
Or girls? nossy - 08/04/2011 03:03:55 PM 651 Views
I can agree with this LadyLorraine - 08/04/2011 09:12:54 PM 691 Views
How about yes salary, no scholarship? They're getting paid with a full college scholarship. beetnemesis - 09/04/2011 03:30:06 PM 757 Views
you would have the issues brought up by the article LadyLorraine - 10/04/2011 05:15:12 PM 600 Views
Oh, I agree. Terrible idea. beetnemesis - 11/04/2011 02:57:37 AM 650 Views
Re: Oh, I agree. Terrible idea. nossy - 11/04/2011 03:18:47 AM 637 Views
if you have a full-ride... LadyLorraine - 11/04/2011 03:29:42 AM 756 Views
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