Saturday, September 23, 2017
Time for some Div. 3 football!
Today is a big rivalry game-- St. Thomas v. St. John's-- here in Minneapolis. It's a real Division 3 showdown, and a a big deal to the people who went to those two schools.
I know my friends at Baylor will scoff at this, but it really is pretty fun. Plus... no $4,000,000 coach salary. No $4,000+ student fee tacked on to tuition to underwrite the football program. No horrifying sex scandal.
And, for the first time, the game will be held at the Twins stadium, Target Field, in front of a crowd of over 30,000.
I know my friends at Baylor will scoff at this, but it really is pretty fun. Plus... no $4,000,000 coach salary. No $4,000+ student fee tacked on to tuition to underwrite the football program. No horrifying sex scandal.
And, for the first time, the game will be held at the Twins stadium, Target Field, in front of a crowd of over 30,000.
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This is how college athletics is supposed to be. Two rival schools battle it out in a friendly rivalry in front of a raucous crowd. Amateurs suiting up on a Saturday afternoon, only to return to the classroom on Monday.
Seeing two schools like St Thomas (Go Tommies) and St Johns (Boo) makes you realise just what a joke it is that the NCAA claims D1 football players are also amateurs and shouldn't be paid. Heck, only a few on the team receive full scholarships. Their coaches get paid millions, they pull in countless more to their programs and school, but these kids have to pay for the privilege?
Cut the BS, pay the kids and give them an education too.
Greed is always an ugly thing. But when profit comes at the expense of young people, it makes it really hard to swallow.
Seeing two schools like St Thomas (Go Tommies) and St Johns (Boo) makes you realise just what a joke it is that the NCAA claims D1 football players are also amateurs and shouldn't be paid. Heck, only a few on the team receive full scholarships. Their coaches get paid millions, they pull in countless more to their programs and school, but these kids have to pay for the privilege?
Cut the BS, pay the kids and give them an education too.
Greed is always an ugly thing. But when profit comes at the expense of young people, it makes it really hard to swallow.
I have given up watching football at any level. Too many terrible injuries. A young man's funeral is today in Houston. He died from a broken neck during a football game. He had great promise, smart, sociable, willing to work hard, and now dead, for what?
And all of the brain injuries now coming to light, many affecting kids as early as high school, perhaps earlier.
I just do not think we should be supporting this "game" that imposes such high costs on those who participate.
On a related front, I was in the stands in 1966 when Ara Parseigian (sp?) played out the clock for a 10-10 tie, having the ball near mid-field, and said the press would take care of him, after being chicken to try to win with more than two minutes left in the game. What kind of ethics did Ara teach, and the press too, for that matter!
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And all of the brain injuries now coming to light, many affecting kids as early as high school, perhaps earlier.
I just do not think we should be supporting this "game" that imposes such high costs on those who participate.
On a related front, I was in the stands in 1966 when Ara Parseigian (sp?) played out the clock for a 10-10 tie, having the ball near mid-field, and said the press would take care of him, after being chicken to try to win with more than two minutes left in the game. What kind of ethics did Ara teach, and the press too, for that matter!
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