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Can someone please remind me why our universities are complicit in a multi- -- CPRVHokie 02/17/2018 8:25PM
Jeepers, you must have read my post on the subscriber side... -- `lag 02/18/2018 08:50AM I definitely feel athletics furthers education. And intramural sports teach -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 08:54AM Agreed. I could even see a requirement like the Naval Academy where -- `lag 02/18/2018 09:04AM Yup. My dad still credits the intramural requirement at the Naval Academy -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 09:11AM Preaching to the choir here! ** -- `lag 02/18/2018 09:13AM You guys sound like a bunch of old fuddy duddys. Sports programs add to -- Hoakie82 02/17/2018 10:59PM Nothing wrong with collegiate sports, per se -- Beerman 02/18/2018 1:08PM I disagree. The amateur student athlete status is important to maintain. It -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 1:43PM Hi. Welcome to Division III! -- Beerman 02/18/2018 1:48PM If you think it’s shady don’t fund it & if players don’t like the reward -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 6:33PM I like high level college athletics a great deal -- Beerman 02/19/2018 6:41PM Doesn’t bother me the way it is. We have to many NFL players now who blow -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 6:49PM Federal law disagrees ** -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 1:17PM Sure. That's part of the sham ** -- Beerman 02/18/2018 1:19PM It is a sham. We've built a system that , if it didn't exist and someone -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 1:22PM I totally disagree. The athletic system provides entertainment to college -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 1:33PM Aw man. This is a terrible argument. Look, I LOVE Hokies football. It is -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 3:46PM I don’t see it that way. The ones who get caught are penalized. We may -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 6:30PM Meh -- Beerman 02/18/2018 1:26PM If you pay football players, you have to pay the women. That's the law. ** -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 1:28PM Yes. -- Beerman 02/18/2018 1:39PM Or, more simply, just stop ** -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 3:40PM I mean... perhaps. But... -- Beerman 02/18/2018 3:44PM I agree with that. I'm obviously pissing into the wind. Still, it's a -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 3:48PM Agree w/the last point. The idea is to develop YOUR kids -- `lag 02/18/2018 08:53AM I find none of your arguments persuasive. All of the benefits -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 08:14AM Then your problem is you don’t think the NCAA is effective enough. Still -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 12:30PM I think the NCAA is a corrupt, contemptible organization that trades on -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 12:56PM Again your beef is with the NCAA. Get louder about improving the NCAA. I do -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 1:20PM No. My beef is with the existence of intercollegiate athletics. You've yet -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 1:24PM I'm not arguing we should pay the players. I'm arguing we do away with them ** -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 1:27PM Maybe if those kids applied themselves harder... -- vthokieq 02/17/2018 11:14PM Two points . . . -- Hokie1992 02/18/2018 08:06AM Your second point doesn’t have anything to do with giving scholarships to -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 1:03PM Agree but irrelevant to my point. -- vthokieq 02/18/2018 08:27AM In the realm of college sports, the goal is winning -- Hokie1992 02/18/2018 4:10PM I’m interested in improving America’s economy. That’s why I’d rather us -- Hoakie82 02/18/2018 12:46PM That’s fine...but I’d rather teach my kids to... -- vthokieq 02/18/2018 3:06PM That’s not my premise. I’m saying let’s improve our own kids before we pa -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 6:21PM Well...that’s exactly what you said so... -- vthokieq 02/19/2018 7:37PM You love to throw peoples words back in their faces but spin it differently -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 8:18PM What did I spin? I quoted you directly. -- vthokieq 02/19/2018 8:33PM Not mad just trying to clarify my position for you. Although you do have -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 8:54PM I said I was fine with your stance of “America first”... -- vthokieq 02/19/2018 9:02PM Since you love to requote what I said why don’t you be nice & requote my -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 10:06PM We disagree alright. -- vthokieq 02/19/2018 10:21PM We don’t have to agree but I’m glad I clarified my point. USA! USA! ** -- Hoakie82 02/19/2018 10:52PM Why are schools recruiting based on athletic talent? What does having -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 08:20AM You just answered your own question. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 02/17/2018 9:04PM Well, yes, I understand how we got here. I want to understand why we stay ** -- CPRVHokie 02/18/2018 08:16AM College today is a stupid joke. It's a business, plain and simple. How much -- ModerateHokie 02/17/2018 8:47PM I'm with you on that... -- `lag 02/18/2018 09:12AM Trying to turn themselves into country clubs. I always enjoyed the space... -- scoop76cs 02/18/2018 06:37AM Late 70s here, I go down to VT often but it's no longer where I went ** -- `lag 02/18/2018 09:10AM Colleges are catering to the wussification of the youth. -- MP4VT2004 02/17/2018 9:16PM Shoot, back in the old daze, all we had for fun were... -- Newt 02/17/2018 9:13PM Heck, they don't even have food trays in the dining halls anymore -- turner66 02/18/2018 11:40AM
