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<blockquote data-quote="Lammie" data-source="post: 625923" data-attributes="member: 3306"><p>I don't think that woman with the 14 kids is on welfare. She was able to pay for IVF. She received care and gave birth at a Kaiser Permanente hospital. That's an HMO. I had it for a while. Good stuff and not cheap. </p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, college sports brings a ton of money to their schools. I can see why those coaches get paid a lot. It enables the professors to get paid, as well. Schools that don't have good sports programs don't have sports programs for long. I went to UTA when they had an actual football team, for the first three years I was there, then they dropped football from the program because it was a money loser. Colleges known for good football and basketball teams attract more students. Sad but true. Ask a ninth grader why he's an OU fan or a UT fan. It isn't because of their academic program or debate team, I can tell you that much. Not at that age, anyway. </p><p></p><p>I don't necessarily agree with it. I don't like it that pro teams use college as a farm system. I don't like it that college teams don't care about whether or not their athletes get degrees, just that they play for as long as they are eligible and drop out. I don't like it that professional athletes are big babies that are poor role models. I think that NFL players should have to cut their hair. </p><p></p><p>This is the way it is, though. As long as big time college athletics draws a big crowd and big advertisers and big television slots, that's the way it's gonna be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lammie, post: 625923, member: 3306"] I don't think that woman with the 14 kids is on welfare. She was able to pay for IVF. She received care and gave birth at a Kaiser Permanente hospital. That's an HMO. I had it for a while. Good stuff and not cheap. Anyhoo, college sports brings a ton of money to their schools. I can see why those coaches get paid a lot. It enables the professors to get paid, as well. Schools that don't have good sports programs don't have sports programs for long. I went to UTA when they had an actual football team, for the first three years I was there, then they dropped football from the program because it was a money loser. Colleges known for good football and basketball teams attract more students. Sad but true. Ask a ninth grader why he's an OU fan or a UT fan. It isn't because of their academic program or debate team, I can tell you that much. Not at that age, anyway. I don't necessarily agree with it. I don't like it that pro teams use college as a farm system. I don't like it that college teams don't care about whether or not their athletes get degrees, just that they play for as long as they are eligible and drop out. I don't like it that professional athletes are big babies that are poor role models. I think that NFL players should have to cut their hair. This is the way it is, though. As long as big time college athletics draws a big crowd and big advertisers and big television slots, that's the way it's gonna be. [/QUOTE]
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