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3/11 Cal basketball sucks. \_ oh well, at least football's on the rise. \_ Ranked No. 11 on one person's pre-season list: http://tinyurl.com/2wuyh (sports.espn.go.com) \_ so what? \_ i'm sorry. linux rules! windoze sucks! better? \_ no I just don't see why anyone cares about college sports. \_ I just don't see why anyone gives a shit what you care about. I don't understand your obsession with gay sex, but I don't whine about it. \_ yeah whatever. so like I said at the top, "so what?" why does anyone (other than the troll) care about this stuff? \_ cause I enjoy playing and watching basketball, and also rooting for cal while having some good food is a great way to have fun and also build comraderie with my cal buddies. - yap \_ thanks. that's the first/only real answer I've *ever* seen to that question. \_ you didn't really come for the sports did you? \_ I didn't even know that "Cal" was U.C. Berkeley before I came, and sports weren't a factor in that decision, but that doesn't mean we have to accept mediocrity (or worse). --!op \_ you could pay for better HS kids in the sports program but wouldn't it be better if that money was instead spent on academic scholarships for the smart but poor kids from the same ghetto schools? wouldn't it be better if a kid thought that getting an education was the best way out instead of playing a game? and what happens to the 99% of kids who aren't good enough to get that college sports scholarship? yep, that's right, they're fucked and the cycle repeats. \_ "That money" is money coming from a sports supporter; there's no reason to believe that, absent a sports program, they'd still be donating money to Cal. \_ And the seats and profs and admin and everything else required by athletic scholarships is 100% supported by outside money? \_ Yes. Sports programs tend to make money for the school, not cost money. \_ So you honestly believe that having the sports program creates more seats for non-athletes than if there wasn't a sport program? Having 1000+ 'students' on athletic scholarships creates more than 1000 seats for non-athletes? They pay for the insurance, the people who clean the stadiums, the cops for the events, lost space on campus, and everything else involved in keeping the program running? It's completely self sufficient? I very seriously doubt that. yap said it's about comraderie and fun and such. That's a fine reason, let's not pretend it is self sufficient or even a money maker over-all. \_ Read the URL below. \_ no they do not "tend" to make money at all, they may make a little, but the school ends up buying bigger and more expensive facilities and hire more staff and throw more money at their sports programs, which if you look at the total financial picture taken in groups of a few years, instead of your immediate balance sheet, the school loses vasts amounts of money they should have spent on College Board bribes. \_ I'm sorry, but the sports programs are self-supporting. Gate receipts, ticket revenues, and revenue sharing (plus boosters) ensure the school doesn't pay a dime. Many schools make money this way. Football is especially profitable. The small sports do cost money. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/sports/links/uwfinances08.html |
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tinyurl.com/2wuyh -> sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=1756803 You have a general idea, but the details are lost in the distance. Some of the picks I made in January, amid the heat and emotion of the season concluded a couple of days earlier, dont hold up well in the cold light of March. For instance, Clemson finished the season as the hottest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers won their last four games, including decisive victories over Florida State and Tennessee, and they had 16 underclassmen among their starters. But wide receiver Derrick Hamilton and defensive tackle Donnell Washington left early for the NFL draft. Instead of losing one top receiver, Kevin Youngblood, quarterback Charlie Whitehurst has lost two wideouts who combined to catch 124 passes and 12 touchdowns. When Auburn finished strong in 2002, upsetting highly ranked Alabama and Penn State, and had so many top players returning in 2003, it seemed logical that the Tigers would pick up where they left off. Auburn did pick up where it left off - in mid-2002, before the strong finish. Iowa was one of my favorite teams last season, because week after week, the Hawkeyes used defense and special teams to find a way to win. Iowa embarrassed Florida, 37-17, in the Outback Bowl, closing with victories over three ranked teams. That said, the Hawkeyes lost a lot of important seniors, including tackle Robert Gallery, who may be the first player taken in the NFL draft, safety Bob Sanders, kicker Nate Kaeding and linebacker Grant Steen. Since the end of the bowls, Colorado has become the Typhoid Mary of college football, while Nebraska hired a coach, Bill Callahan, who will attempt to recast everything as he sees fit. Thats not unusual for new coaches, but the reality of it will impact the Huskers for this fall. If Husker fans believe they have the next Bob Stoops or Jim Tressel, more power to them. Say all you want about the sudden success of Stoops at Oklahoma and Tressel of Ohio State, each of whom won national championships in their second season on campus, but both coaches won seven games in their first season. Kansas State fans didnt like my decision not to rank them in the Top 25. As I replied to many, the loss of quarterback Ell Roberson spooked me. As talented as tailback Darren Sproles is, he and the Wildcats performed much more effectively with Roberson threatening defenses than they did when Roberson didnt play. My doubts about Kansas State remain, but given the shape of the rest of the Big 12 North, the Wildcats look much better. Oregon State lost me when they replaced Temple on their schedule with LSU. The Beavers now have only five home games, and open with road games at LSU and at Boise State. Thats the kind of start that can have an effect on the rest of the season. As always, the legal disclaimer: anything written here can and will be used against me in the court of public opinion. I have the right to redo it, and if I choose not to, my editors will appoint a Top 25 for me, and thats something none of us especially you want to have happen. But, for now, heres the latest Top 25 with a comments on the top 10. |
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