tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post5199585792282518398..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: OT: There's More to College Than FootballPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-285613977658052382010-01-05T10:18:33.004-08:002010-01-05T10:18:33.004-08:00It's not just that Texas is in the south and i...It's not just that Texas is in the south and is a big football school. They're actually the WORST 'football school' - in terms of exploiting their athletes and providing them with no education in return.<br /><br />http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogposts/2009/third_annual_academic_bowl_championship_series_rankings-25250<br /><br />Texas has fallen so far that they actually make the SEC look good these days.<br /><br />- M1EK (PSU '92, proud of it)M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-52676809575625034072009-12-28T11:17:10.290-08:002009-12-28T11:17:10.290-08:00Part of your experience with football is because y...Part of your experience with football is because you went to college in the South. As you know, for some strange reason, college football is a god there.<br /><br />It is not that way everywhere. I went to a college in a BCS conference and football was another varsity sport that had to play by the same (sometimes bent) rules that all the other sports did. We're not a football school and aren't in college football country. The Redskins are by far the signature attraction for American football in the region.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382275057184120210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-16933051138059943612009-12-28T01:30:39.198-08:002009-12-28T01:30:39.198-08:00I don't disagree with that. I benefited from ...I don't disagree with that. I benefited from the money that came from football and am very appreciative for that. What I'm saying is that athletes who want to do something such as run track or take a class should be allowed to. They didn't sign their life over to the football team, they enrolled in the University which is being kindly paid for by the Athletic department. These players are making millions for the athletic department and many argue that its basically slave labor for coaches to make millions of dollars. I don't go that far but I do think that you should be able to do what you want. I'm sure lots of people won't agree and that's fine, but after seeing what goes on behind the scenes, I don't see why being an All American in track could hurt the football team because they miss a spring practice or two.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-8434095220288479752009-12-27T23:56:03.386-08:002009-12-27T23:56:03.386-08:00Football makes tons of money. Track doesn't--...Football makes tons of money. Track doesn't--unless you go to the University of Oregon, and that's only because a certain track alumnus got very rich selling shoes...EngineerScottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005863528905991434noreply@blogger.com