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Originally Posted by BigRock
And do you know what that means? When a football program is critical to the survival of an academic institution? It means that somewhere along the line, things have gone astray.
But by all means, let's figure out a way to make sure we preserve the skewed reality where football rules everything and must be protected. I mean, it's not like that exact same mindset caused this entire situation in the first place.
Wait, what's that? It did? I stand corrected.
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You're delusional if you don't think football or basketball isn't the critical lifeblood to money that comes in to many major D-1 universities and even to good high school football programs. In most cases, football money funds the entire athletic program, which is a critical piece to enrolling and attracting quality students.
The system may be flawed, but it is what it is. And it benefits nobody to rip the heart out of the chest if you know it's what keeps the body moving.