College Sports = Extended Slavery

[Newsdreams]

  our country's history with slavery-it was legal, we correctly noted it was wrong, we acted to abolish it and did.  people are wasting time trying to revisit our history of slavery and re-litigate it to a certain extent while ignoring the sex and drug slavery that is going on today.  that being said, the legalization of weed has not had near the so called "intended consequences" the advocates continue to claim.  in fact, i continue to believe, as my aforementioned post stated in so many words, we need to go back to defining and stigmatizing bad behavior. 

  galway, having needles strewn anywhere is a problem.  i read a story somewhere, where a kid slid into 2nd base on a ball field and was stuck by a needle.  the way to attend to a problem such as this is not to encourage more bad or problematic behavior, but to make available more treatment.  the availability of fentanyl is catastrophic.  drug addicts flock to dealers who have provided batches of heroin that have led to overdoses.  it's usually laced with fentanyl.  it takes such small quantities of fentanyl to give the user it's deadly boost, making it easier to conceal and smuggle.  i continue to believe pot is a gateway drug and many more people are taking it in some form that wouldn't have otherwise.  i believe there are real benefits to medical maryjane however.  real medical issues, not hang nails

Unfortunately it took a civil war. Before where I live was part of the US it was abolished by the state without any violence as in most places, and unfortunately in this country segregation continued until late 60's and is in the cusp of coming back.

[Boozemon Barro]

Unfortunately it took a civil war. Before where I live was part of the US it was abolished by the state without any violence as in most places, and unfortunately in this country segregation continued until late 60's and is in the cusp of coming back.

Lol segregation is not on the cusp of coming back. Jfc.

[harryp]

The idea that you can just walk away doesn't hold water. Unless your rich it's not a realistic opportunity. A player said recently it doesn't matter how much you make, if you don't have realistic options, you're still a slave (paraphrase). The same issue could be posed regarding an non-union job. This all would be moot if we had free education for all, like other advanced countries.

[Newsdreams]

Lol segregation is not on the cusp of coming back. Jfc.

Obviously you're unaware of the state of the US. When I try to use my ID which is not from the 48 contiguous states I get challenged questioned and hassled and that never happened to me since I traveled in the early 70's. You just don't understand what is happening. I don't live in the mainland. Things have changed like we are back 49-50 years in time as I travel to the mainland. There is an agenda.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Lol segregation is not on the cusp of coming back. Jfc.

You’re right. De facto segregation never really left.

[MU82]

Lol segregation is not on the cusp of coming back. Jfc.

Charlotte schools are as segregated now as they were in the 1970s, and the problem is increasing every year.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/report-charlotte-mecklenburg-schools-most-segregated-in-nc/275-529759454

And Charlotte is hardly the only major city in which this is the case.

https://www.newsweek.com/2018/03/30/school-segregation-america-today-bad-1960-855256.html?src=longreads

[Cheeks]

The idea that you can just walk away doesn't hold water. Unless your rich it's not a realistic opportunity. A player said recently it doesn't matter how much you make, if you don't have realistic options, you're still a slave (paraphrase). The same issue could be posed regarding an non-union job. This all would be moot if we had free education for all, like other advanced countries.

No such thing as free, it costs money unless professors and admins are not being paid.  Higher taxes, etc...nothing is free in life. 

College is not free in most advanced countries.

[MU82]

Odd considering who runs Charlotte...so odd...

Politics.

[Cheeks]

Politics.

The irony in your posts in this thread...the amazing irony.

[Newsdreams]

Odd considering who runs Charlotte...so odd...

Yeah but USA is one of the most uneducated first world countries. Don't even know where states are located, it is sad and unfortunate.

[jsglow]

Obviously you're unaware of the state of the US. When I try to use my ID which is not from the 48 contiguous states I get challenged questioned and hassled and that never happened to me since I traveled in the early 70's. You just don't understand what is happening. I don't live in the mainland. Things have changed like we are back 49-50 years in time as I travel to the mainland. There is an agenda.

Newsy, we're just trying to keep YOU out.  You understand. 

[jesmu84]

Isn’t all k-12 education free in this country except for private schools?  Hmmm....interesting.

Nothing is free in life

[muguru]

Nothing is free in life

You're right, it shouldn't be. But there's certain members of society(and unfortunately millions of them), that want/expect things to be free.

[real chili 83]

Newsy, we're just trying to keep YOU out.  You understand. 

+1kabillionjillionzillion. 

IBF the effin L

[Pakuni]

You're right, it shouldn't be. But there's certain members of society(and unfortunately millions of them), that want/expect things to be free.

Like the labor of college athletes.

[cheebs09]

Obviously you're unaware of the state of the US. When I try to use my ID which is not from the 48 contiguous states I get challenged questioned and hassled and that never happened to me since I traveled in the early 70's. You just don't understand what is happening. I don't live in the mainland. Things have changed like we are back 49-50 years in time as I travel to the mainland. There is an agenda.

Is it because it has a picture of McLovin on it?