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What was the norm for generations was and has always been laughable. College football has been a cancer for academia, at first fed by the deep pockets of alumn
by shermantanktop 3y ago
What was the norm for generations was and has always been laughable. College football has been a cancer for academia, at first fed by the deep pockets of alumni who were the real audience. The business side grew up and realized that tv rights were an even bigger prize, but along the way somehow failed to recognize that they were greasing the wheels of their money machine with the distant hopes of a pro career held by academically underqualified students with athletic gifts, most of whom either fail to get a diploma, succeed in getting long term injuries, or both. The university priorities get turned upside down and season-winning coaches win the compensation lottery too.
It’s disgusting and always has been. Gooooo fighting whatevers!
- wolverine876 3y agoI agree about the long-term problems (and I'm very happy the students are finally getting paid, and they should get normal market salaries), but it's still much worse now. It's too easy to say, 'everything in the world in imperfect, and therefore all the same'.
- shermantanktop 3y agoFair enough. I don't care about college football, and I see it from a distance. That might give me a less accurate perspective, or a more accurate one, depending. But large-scale situations result from norms, incentives and behaviors. Looks like the incentives are about the same, while the behaviors are now worse and are causing norms to drift. We can shame people into better behavior in the short term, but the incentives are still there.