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Lol. Seek help....apparently a lobotomy is in order to remove my residency in your head.
Ignoring the lying troll.
And in my opinion, having actually worked in two major college athletic departments, the ncaa benefits most student athletes. We will disagree on the purpose and I don’t think it is gullible. What I think is gullible and flat out wrong is to continue to paint the entire ncaa based on two revenue sports....or worse, based on a subset of two revenue sports. It’s as if everything else the ncaa does is forgotten or ignored for convenience because it doesn’t fit the meme.
Well said. Reminds me of how the media tries to define the entire Catholic church based upon the hideous actions of a small percentage of priests.
You continue to excel at inserting no one made and then shooting them down.No one had said college sports doesn't benefit most of its participants. No one has said has said the entire NCAA is based on two revenue sports.But any benefit derived by participants is secondary to the NCAA's intent, not the primary purpose. Like my Walmart analogy, it's true that some people benefit by working for Walmart. But Walmart doesn't exist to benefit those people. It exists to make money for its owners. Likewise, some athletes benefit by playing NCAA sports. But the NCAA doesn't exist to help those athletes. It exists to make money for its members.And while no one has said the NCAA is solely football and men's hoops, those two sports certainly are the primary drivers of NCAA revenue and, I would bet the farm, the primary beneficiary of expenditures. So it's misleading to insinuate that the NCAA is about field hockey and D3 softball as much as it is about football and basketball.
But any benefit derived by participants is secondary to the NCAA's intent, not the primary purpose. Like my Walmart analogy, it's true that some people benefit by working for Walmart. But Walmart doesn't exist to benefit those people. It exists to make money for its owners. Likewise, some athletes benefit by playing NCAA sports. But the NCAA doesn't exist to help those athletes. It exists to make money for its members.
The problem isn't just the "hideous actions of a small percentage of priests," it's how the nstitution systematically covered it up. And how that cover up has lead people to distrust the Church and completely overshaddow the genuine good it has done.So in many ways this is a perfect analogy to the NCAA. An institution that can't get out of its own way and overvalues its process and rules.
This is a good but not great analogy. Walmart has a responsibility to its shareholders to maximize profits and for its board or officers to do otherwise would be a dereliction of their fiduciary responsibilities. If the NCAA had the same responsibility to its members, it would be negligent in its responsibilities by not eliminating all non-revenue spots at all levels.
Your Walmart analogy is so absurd of a comparison it is troubling. Absolutely troubling and I don’t see how you get there at all...it is that bad. Walmart is a for profit corporation with that as its primary goal. The ncaa is not a for profit entity, it is not a corporation,
1. Title IX.2. Again, no one is saying enriching its members is the only purpose of the NCAA.
An analogy is not a simile.
Your Walmart analogy is so absurd of a comparison it is troubling. Absolutely troubling and I don’t see how you get there at all...it is that bad. Walmart is a for profit corporation with that as its primary goal. The ncaa is not a for profit entity, it is not a corporation, it’s primary goal is not in any way, shape or form from its very origins to be anything of the kind.
It's still a terrible analogy. The two are not similar in significant respects. There was a statement that the NCAA's purpose is to enrich its members. That is false. It is an opinion of some people, but it is not a statement of fact.
So how can it be false if it's an opinion? There is no certain truth that it's primary purpose isn't to enrich its members. (And yes the Catholic Church analogy is very much a stretch - one that White Trash and Cheeks brought up to actually defend in the NCAA. Which is someone laughtable.)
It's still a terrible analogy. The two are not similar in significant respects.
You need to reread the context of the Catholic Church analogy. It was in no way, shape or form intended to defend the NCAA. I welcome comments or criticisms of my positions (I can be wrong often), but labeling my position as 'laughable' for something I did not even come close to saying is hard to swallow.
You are correct that my statement was a little harsh.
1. This does not address the NCAA's continued support of non-revenue men's sports.2. I said it a good not great analogy. A publicly traded for-profit company must maximize its profits. The NCAA by is very nature and mission does not.