20 Dec
2010
20 Dec
'10
12:32 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Sports! (was: Re: Service bureaus (Was: Tek 4051 firmware
listing)
On 20 Dec 2010 at 11:47, Josh Dersch wrote:
Quite a few kids are getting badly hurt and are dying in Highschool football
these days, its not a College and pro level thing anymore.
Pro football isn't 100% paid for by fans anyway, how many teams extort city
money (taxes) to get new stadiums built or they will leave for another city
(Cleveland went through this when the Browns left to become the Ravens).
Personally, I could argue that the money spent
making "Star Trek"
movies, TV shows and action figures could have been better spent, but
I'm not about to start a discussion like that on this list, and I
certainly respect the opinion of Trek fans. (Except people who like
ST:TMP, that's just unforgivable.)
I don't care what professional sports teams spend on tossing a ball
around and pretending that it means something Important. That's
capitalism and their purpose is to make money. Fine--godspeed to
them.
My gripe is with a public university spending outrageous amounts of
time and money on varsity-level competitive sports benefits no one.
The UofO boasts a football coach with a 7-figure guaranteed annual
salary; hundreds of millions over the last decade or so in
construction alone.
And the players get tuition--nothing more, since they're "amateurs"
by NCAA convention. If they incur injuries that will cripple them
for life, that's their lookout.
Heck, it's been going on for a long time, I know. After all, I'm an
old "Boilermaker"...
--Chuck