tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post2805243180862478798..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: 09/23 Quickie: Yanks-Rays, V-Jax, KolbUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-69212578468145734822010-09-23T15:37:01.261-04:002010-09-23T15:37:01.261-04:00The pay-for-college-athletes argument is built on ...The pay-for-college-athletes argument is built on the faulty assumption that college athletics is, by itself, profitable. It's not. USAToday just ran a report on the degree to which athletic programs are funded by student tuition, to say nothing of state funds. Take away public and state financing of college athletics and let them run as a free, independent business/league. A handful of basketball programs and a handful of football programs will be very profitable. And the vast majority of programs will go bankrupt. <br /><br />Paying the athletes is asking tax-payers and students to pay even more than they currently are, unless you want to take athlete's pay out of coaches salaries. <br /><br />As tuition prices soar, and as states face larger and larger deficits, at some point, the general populace is going to question the wisdom of supporting college athletics above so many other pressing issues (college presidents are already concerned).Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927626720379097981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-67290278344850367162010-09-23T08:49:47.734-04:002010-09-23T08:49:47.734-04:00re: AL homefield advantage, the Twins are currentl...re: AL homefield advantage, the Twins are currently tied with the Yankees for best record in the AL and have a pretty easy remaining schedule, @DEtroit, @KC, home for 4 against Toronto. They could easily secure homefield.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771068657150166636noreply@blogger.com