DeacDaddy
Hoping Against Hope
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That's fucking awesome. They should call it the Mit Complex though, better ring to it.
Presumably he's saving that for the baseball complex.
That's fucking awesome. They should call it the Mit Complex though, better ring to it.
Are we seriously going to let the simos thing go with no further discussion?
Why can't the endowment pay for that? And a whole lot of other things, including tuition reduction. What are we saving it for? Answer--nothing. It will never be spent.
Is this serious?
lol. Can you define endowment for me?
Lol bad post
Either a pretty clever joke or a mind-boggling hot take.
Funny either way though.
Lol, this is incredible. Just quoting one more time.
Oh dear god. . .
bruh
Are we seriously going to let the simos thing go with no further discussion?
I'd love to hear him double down if he wants.
lol. Can you define endowment for me?
$1,167,000,000. As of two years ago.
Maybe you meant something else by this sequence of posts. The logical conclusion is that you believe student-athletes benefit from these donations and not do not need to be paid. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Do you think the players should be paid?
Personally, I feel as if the arguments against paying the players lost all modicums of reasonableness once the coach's salaries and TV contracts went through the roof. The facilities' wars just adds insult to injury.
Facilities benefit student-athletes for the sole purpose of benefiting the athletic program.
Facilities benefit student-athletes for the sole purpose of benefiting the athletic program.
Facilities benefit student-athletes for the sole purpose of benefiting the athletic program.
Are we seriously going to let the simos thing go with no further discussion?
It's not really a revelation that the guy is a complete idiot.
So you would forgo a raise because your employer put a fountain in the lobby and got new carpet? After all, it is for your benefit...
Do you think coaches get paid less due to the nice facilities?
Instead of paying players, we shouldn't pay anyone else either, else it would "ruin college athletics." Coaches, AD's - good-bye million dollar salaries. You get paid as much as professor. Ads on televised games? - "oh no, it would taint the athlete's amateur status!" Exorbitant ticket prices? It would be immoral to charge more than $10 to watch mere students perform. Of course I am being very tongue in cheek, but my point is the sham of amateurism only applies to the athletes and not those in charge of them. Athletes deserve the same market rates that coaches and AD's get. The facilities would be less nice, and the coaches/AD's would be paid less (assuming schools would use their salaries to fund the athletes to some degree - coach/AD salaries are inflated bc athletes have not been paid), but we'd have a more fair (less racist) system.
As to how much, and who gets what - let the market decide. Anything less than that encourages additional payment under the table.
My post was mostly addressing the previous complaints about not paying athletes "we can't afford it." Sure you can.
Oh, and athletes deserve lifetime health insurance until they are able to get on another plan (pro athlete or regular job). There are guys who get hurt, endure lifetime disabilities, get dropped by the school, and left in the cold with huge med bills. Meanwhile the coach and AD have med insurance through the school. It ain't right.
It's not a sweet deal for athletes who are exploited.
So you would forgo a raise because your employer put a fountain in the lobby and got new carpet? After all, it is for your benefit...
Do you think coaches get paid less due to the nice facilities?
Instead of paying players, we shouldn't pay anyone else either, else it would "ruin college athletics." Coaches, AD's - good-bye million dollar salaries. You get paid as much as professor. Ads on televised games? - "oh no, it would taint the athlete's amateur status!" Exorbitant ticket prices? It would be immoral to charge more than $10 to watch mere students perform. Of course I am being very tongue in cheek, but my point is the sham of amateurism only applies to the athletes and not those in charge of them. Athletes deserve the same market rates that coaches and AD's get. The facilities would be less nice, and the coaches/AD's would be paid less (assuming schools would use their salaries to fund the athletes to some degree - coach/AD salaries are inflated bc athletes have not been paid), but we'd have a more fair (less racist) system.
As to how much, and who gets what - let the market decide. Anything less than that encourages additional payment under the table.
My post was mostly addressing the previous complaints about not paying athletes "we can't afford it." Sure you can.
Oh, and athletes deserve lifetime health insurance until they are able to get on another plan (pro athlete or regular job). There are guys who get hurt, endure lifetime disabilities, get dropped by the school, and left in the cold with huge med bills. Meanwhile the coach and AD have med insurance through the school. It ain't right.