Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!
still waiting to see who I will be rooting for as my 2nd team (whoever cutler is drafted by).. at this point just hope it is an organization that...
pgabriel.. all i know is that my biggest problem with college athletics is the number of schools that do not have their players graduating. one...
I'll finish this debate later, I have a final to go take
but I'd prefer my university have more than just football. I don't think you have to be making profit to justify having a free education....
sam.. Even if you get rid of the mens sports that lose money. You are still going to have womens basketball, diving, track, tennis etc losing...
I think you are going to have a lot of trouble getting rid of title ix. Personally, I like having different sports even if they don't make...
pgabriel. title ix basically makes schools have an equal amount going to mens and womens sports. You can't legally get rid of all the womens...
I just watched my school cut the mens soccer team and add another womens team in order to comply with title ix. You can't have football...
pgabriel.. Women's sports do not make money overall. You can't have the football team without at least several womens sports. It isn't as...
But even if they are making money, I still don't think they need to be paid
Depends on the school. Studies I've read in sports econ classes showed that success in sports didn't increase overall quality of incoming...
"Teams that don't produce revenue decreased profit at Ohio State to slightly more than $120,000. Georgia had the nation's most profitable college...
Well, depending on the school, some athletes are getting up to 40k a year of expenses covered. There are companies all over the country who pay...
especially the private schools that are having to pay 40k a year tuition for golfers, etc that don't bring in revenue. In the overall picture.....
38 mil is the top teams, and most are WAY below that. But I said OVERALL, athletic program.. a lot of schools make some money on football,...
I just don't want an NFL team controlling a college football team.. I hate the fact that many aren't real students as it is now, I can't...
I dont know about the Mack thing. I think that coaches helping him with his throwing etc has increased his value by tens of millions. Mack's...
It's not like athletes are the only people who have money made off of them. Scientists and researchers etc, invent things all the time that...
Tons of schools lose money overall on athletics though.. so it would make the differences between what schools are good on football even greater.....
Plenty of regular students do internships for free or low pay. They are getting coaching that increases their value and educations that they...
