>> >> I'll let you draw the appropriate conclusions. >> >> >My conclusions are: > >- The numbers suggest that in all but only a few cases, the football program >at most universities costs money, and doesn't have any other real net >benefits to the school or the community beyond giving young kids a chance to >play football > >- Just giving young kids the opportunity to play football is worth the cost >to the university > >What academics who decry sports are incapable of realizing (and i'm not >putting you in this camp larry), is that while academics are absolutely >vital to helping lead a quality life....sports and other such pleasure >activities are what make that life worth living in the first place.
Two groups that are all for keeping the current system benefit the most from it, the NFL and NBA. Think of it, they get a very robust and competitive farm team system, and they don't really spend a cent on it. Sweet deal for them no? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
