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Interesting intersection of two points in this article and the comments: Friend of mine and I were talking about how minor league baseball is in decline vs col
by alexpotato 4y ago
Interesting intersection of two points in this article and the comments:
Friend of mine and I were talking about how minor league baseball is in decline vs college baseball due to colleges offering:
- better housing (nice dorms vs motels)
- better food (cafeteria vs chain restaurant/fast food)
- better lifestyle (top college baseball players at baseball focused schools are treated like gods)
- mbg721 4y agoCollege baseball is very granularly regional in a way that football and basketball aren't; if you're near a good college team, you know it for sure.
- mmmpop 4y agoCons: at least the pretense of learning things and passing courses I've met and drank with some minor league baseball guys before and obviously I won't speak for all of them, but they often aren't really uh... college material.
- bombcar 4y agoCollege baseball also hasn't been forced to be the minor leagues like college football has; some say that many of the college students playing foot ball aren't really uh... college material either.
- mmmpop 4y agoProbably true but I lived in a dorm at a large SEC state school and knew plenty of both athletes and baseball guys were 10x smarter 100% of the time.