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Wednesday, December 01, 2004
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More of the Same on College Sports;
Only This Time, The New York Times is Saying It. " ... And maybe it's finally time for every college with a big-time football program - or big-time basketball program for that matter - to turn pro. Stop pretending that big-time college sports are all about 'the kids' and academics and graduation rates. It is really all about what should be known as campus pro sports - the big money from television, the football bowl games, the basketball tournament that evolves into the Final Four, the big money from alumni contributions when a college has a hot team. The big money that those kids never see, except for the coveted few who collect some of that money under the table in cash or cars. Put all those big-time college teams in the Campus Pro League, alias the C.P.L., with its various geographical conferences around the nation. Pay all those kids on all those big-time teams, not just the all-American candidates. Pay them a decent sum to cover expenses. But please don't call them student-athletes when many are not. Don't say they're on scholarship when they're not scholars." |