Thousands of jobs are made, scholarships are funded for individuals who wouldn't have a chance at college otherwise, and there are innumerable ways entertainment benefits social welfare. Maybe some kid who got a chance to go to college through an NCAA scholarship will someday work in cancer research.

But he probably won't.

You can always go to college. You don't need a scholarship, and you don't deserve a scholarship. Giving someone a free ride to college, just because they can play with balls really well, sounds like the biggest fucking joke ever. No, that's a reason to hate sports even more. These people don't deserve scholarships.

And how much of this shit could be replaced by making a sport out of some stuff that actually gets some shit done? Why don't we make a sport out of who can feed the most needy people? Or who can build the most houses? Who can write the best research paper? Why don't we have a multi-billion dollar industry for that?

Because it's not entertaining enough. Instead we have... how far can you kick a ball across a field, and... how many times you can stuff a ball into a net. That's "entertainment." We are so shallow and vapid.

Giving someone a free ride to college, just because they can play with balls really well, sounds like the biggest fucking joke ever. No, that's a reason to hate sports even more. These people don't deserve scholarships.

LOL too funny verby

Quote from: PSU on March 14, 2016, 11:18:05 AM

LOL too funny verby

Too true, is what it is.

-People have to work at least 5 times as hard to get an athletic scholarship than they do for an academic scholarship.
-Athletic scholarships actually bring revenue to the university unlike academic scholarships.

FGCU is gonna surprise everyone and make it to the Sweet 16 this year, you heard it here first

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on March 14, 2016, 12:08:11 PM

FGCU is gonna surprise everyone and make it to the Sweet 16 this year, you heard it here first

I've been hearing it on the radio all week...

if we can do it once we can do it again

What is wrong with entertainment exactly?

Nothing--I obviously indulge in various forms of entertainment myself, but I don't pretend as though I'm doing anything other than wasting time. That's all I want people to admit--that they're wasting time.

This "time spent enjoyed is not time wasted" meme is just a feel-good platitude. There's no actual truth in it, unless you're some kind of ridiculous nihilist or hedonist.

I usually follow college basketball, but this year i havent. is Kentucky still the dominate school?

Semi dominate. They're a 4 seed, but very underseeded. Should have been a 2 or 3.

Are we doing this or what?

I could play.

I don't follow college basketball. X_X