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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 909233" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>That is a good point. They do get the opportunity to obtain a college degree.</p><p></p><p>My only point of contention would be that many of them aren't able to focus on getting that degree. There are many smart players who graduate, but many more who are helped to meet the minimum entry requirements, and then helped (helicopter parented) by staff to maintain minimum grades, all while practicing at the detriment of their academics. Many don't fully comprehend the opportunity in front of them, but I think that the system generally doesn't care if they get diplomas or not. Oh, they want good statistics to point to. They want to have good numbers to attract the next group of 17yr old recruits. They want their players to come back and be strong alumni supporters. None of this is about a sincere interest in seeing the players get an education.</p><p></p><p>I often wonder what the added scholastic cost is for the average football school - what does it really cost for them to put an extra butt in the dorm/classroom. It's probably the loss of revenue from a paying student. A standard Big10 school maybe gets $10-$15k per year for tuition and dorm revenue per student. With 85 scholarship players that is about $1.275 million in lost revenue that otherwise would have come in from students paying full price.</p><p></p><p>I found an interesting article from Forbes: <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/09/14/see-where-the-badgers-rank-among-the-ncaas-most.html" target="_blank">https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/09/14/see-where-the-badgers-rank-among-the-ncaas-most.html</a></p><p>The Wisconsin Badgers football team had a three-year average revenue of $86 million and a three-year average operating profit of $48 million, according to the study from 2015-2017. So they sacrificed $1.275 million to make $48 million in profits. I know that this is now my rant on college sports, but giving them free tuition plus room & board is a blessing from the NCAA. It caps their fixed cost for labor at a very low level.</p><p></p><p>I personally get insulted by the schools considering the sacrifice those kids make. Get a lifelong debilitating injury from playing college sports? Just finish taking classes at a level well beyond your capabilities but now without a tutor - maybe without that schoarship! The NCAA should use sports revenue to fund <em>life long</em> health plans for these kids, should give them a cut of the money like the lottery (take the up-front cash or the annuity), AND give them a full shot at a degree including all of the academic help that they need.</p><p></p><p>Did I get off topic?!? <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/roflmao.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":roflmao:" title="ROFLMAO :roflmao:" data-shortname=":roflmao:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 909233, member: 5830"] That is a good point. They do get the opportunity to obtain a college degree. My only point of contention would be that many of them aren't able to focus on getting that degree. There are many smart players who graduate, but many more who are helped to meet the minimum entry requirements, and then helped (helicopter parented) by staff to maintain minimum grades, all while practicing at the detriment of their academics. Many don't fully comprehend the opportunity in front of them, but I think that the system generally doesn't care if they get diplomas or not. Oh, they want good statistics to point to. They want to have good numbers to attract the next group of 17yr old recruits. They want their players to come back and be strong alumni supporters. None of this is about a sincere interest in seeing the players get an education. I often wonder what the added scholastic cost is for the average football school - what does it really cost for them to put an extra butt in the dorm/classroom. It's probably the loss of revenue from a paying student. A standard Big10 school maybe gets $10-$15k per year for tuition and dorm revenue per student. With 85 scholarship players that is about $1.275 million in lost revenue that otherwise would have come in from students paying full price. I found an interesting article from Forbes: [URL]https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/09/14/see-where-the-badgers-rank-among-the-ncaas-most.html[/URL] The Wisconsin Badgers football team had a three-year average revenue of $86 million and a three-year average operating profit of $48 million, according to the study from 2015-2017. So they sacrificed $1.275 million to make $48 million in profits. I know that this is now my rant on college sports, but giving them free tuition plus room & board is a blessing from the NCAA. It caps their fixed cost for labor at a very low level. I personally get insulted by the schools considering the sacrifice those kids make. Get a lifelong debilitating injury from playing college sports? Just finish taking classes at a level well beyond your capabilities but now without a tutor - maybe without that schoarship! The NCAA should use sports revenue to fund [I]life long[/I] health plans for these kids, should give them a cut of the money like the lottery (take the up-front cash or the annuity), AND give them a full shot at a degree including all of the academic help that they need. Did I get off topic?!? :roflmao: [/QUOTE]
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