[CBFF] [NBR] Why character matters

[Matt Langschwager]

Hmm, I may have misread the proposal.  I withdraw this argument.

Matt Langschwager <matthewindc at yahoo.com> wrote: What is your definition of Major college athletics?  Just football?  Football and Men's basketball?  Total disenfranchisement doesn't seem fair to the wrestlers, track & fielders, rowers, volleyballers, etc of academia.  So where is the cord cut?  And then could the lesser (maybe scholarship) sports use the logos and mascots of the now-separate NCAA?  If I bought a "Purdue football" sweatshirt, the money goes one place, but if I buy a "Purdue volleyball" sweatshirt the money goes elsewhere?  And what about just "Purdue?"  Who gets that profit?  Will letter fonts be divvied?

I guess I'm saying the idea of separating the football factories from the academics is noble, but the sheer amount of minutia would be impenetrable.

Matt

Westmalle van 't vat  wrote:

FWIW, I favor a total disenfranchisement of major college athletics from the
college campus.  The NCAA should become a minor league operation with
colleges owning the teams (and mascots, logos, naming-rights, etc.) that
compete.  That way they can make their money and have sports entertainment
options for their campuses.  But players would no longer be required to
attend classes, and their scholarship money would be their salary.  It would
be more honest.  It would do away with shady recruiting violations.  And I
think it might create just enough of a barrier between the team and the
school so that the league (i.e., NCAA) could really enforce behavioral
standards without the interference of administrations who value dollars over
everything else.  

Anyhow, I digress. . .




       
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