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New Mexico

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Everything I have ever read indicates that college sports are a drain on the school,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 04:30 AM

Mar 2018

not something that actually brings money in.

If college athletes were paid for playing, I'd have no problem. But the current system encourages vast hypocrisy.

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New Mexico State University faculty concerned with recommendation to transfer $1.1M to athletics [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP

Everything I have ever read indicates that college sports are a drain on the school, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #1

The athletic programs should be totally decoupled from the public universities exboyfil Mar 2018 #2

Yes, the athletes should be paid. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #3