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In reply to the discussion: Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. [View all]jakefrep
(3,982 posts)99. The coaches are overpaid and the players are underpaid.
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Except for the part where the United States of America is not a business, but a nation
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#10
Bush was paid too much. Anyway, ex-prez makes mega bucks in speeches, board directorships, etc.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2013
#50
A business exists solely to make money. A government exists to govern a populace.
LanternWaste
May 2013
#59
Now a days, business exist to make money and government exists to make sure they do.
RC
May 2013
#66
I have always thought our Texan obsession with High School football out of proportion and still do
arely staircase
May 2013
#5
Oregon pays the university football coach more than anyone when there is not even
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#11
Of course you have no problem with it, TRAVIS. You LIKE the patriarchal society.
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#111
Priorities of the elite,....use The Games to keep the people distracted....
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#44
One would think Florida would be producing some real rocket scientists.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#84
About as valid as and truthful as "marching bands-- training kids how to be single for the rest of t
LanternWaste
May 2013
#61
Somehow I doubt you have much insight as to the problems young nonathletic boys face . . .
radicalliberal
May 2013
#82
But sports institutionalize "otherness" and without "otherness" indoctrination, rich ppl can't
valerief
May 2013
#47
I almost didn't open this thread. I'm glad I did, in a train-wreckish kind of way... nt
MADem
May 2013
#53
when you have an anti-female jock society where men call the shots and intellect isn't valued
librechik
May 2013
#65
The football and basketball programs bring in millions of dollars of income from
WCGreen
May 2013
#78
I don't see anything wrong with this though (I'm not a sport fan). The free market ...
JackN415
May 2013
#92
it might just come down to the notion that winning Football or Basketball teams are thought to bring
Douglas Carpenter
May 2013
#100