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<blockquote data-quote="LibertyTurns" data-source="post: 790237" data-attributes="member: 789"><p>The world is not fair, never has & never ever will be. Some people are born talented, some not. Some likable, some not. Some people are smart, some born into wealth, some generally lucky, some very attractive, etc. Some are lucky enough to live in the United States, other unfortunately end up in Niger, Yemen, etc.</p><p></p><p>You cannot manage outcomes nor should you, but you can provide opportunities. Could you level the playing field? Doubt it, you could try but you would fail. </p><p></p><p>What can we and/or should we do? We should interfere as infrequently & as little as is absolutely necessary to enable life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. A wise man once penned that our faith in freedom does not rest in the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but in the belief that on balance the forces of good will prevail over bad more often than not. Specifically we should not allow our nation to further degenerate into a coercive oligarchy, one which the privileged few monopolize power to prevent others from doing better all the while contending they’re trying to help by leveling the playing field. They’re just picking their favorite winners & losers & smothering change by usurping the power of government/ regulations often for nothing other than their own personal gain.</p><p></p><p>The NCAA has no charter declaring any type of level playing field for athletes. Rowing teams ride in vans, football teams have large buses or fly commercial. Secondary sports facilities are notoriously substandard unless a school has a very large athletic budget, even then the ”have nots” live nothing like the “haves”. There’s plenty of other examples. The most important, ie the revenue generating sports get preferential treatment because they generate revenue. Some schools do not even generate break even revenue in football, etc, but all other sports would collapse in their current form without football for example. Want to fix it, get people to show up for your favorite other sport instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LibertyTurns, post: 790237, member: 789"] The world is not fair, never has & never ever will be. Some people are born talented, some not. Some likable, some not. Some people are smart, some born into wealth, some generally lucky, some very attractive, etc. Some are lucky enough to live in the United States, other unfortunately end up in Niger, Yemen, etc. You cannot manage outcomes nor should you, but you can provide opportunities. Could you level the playing field? Doubt it, you could try but you would fail. What can we and/or should we do? We should interfere as infrequently & as little as is absolutely necessary to enable life, liberty & the pursuit[B] [/B]of happiness. A wise man once penned that our faith in freedom does not rest in the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but in the belief that on balance the forces of good will prevail over bad more often than not. Specifically we should not allow our nation to further degenerate into a coercive oligarchy, one which the privileged few monopolize power to prevent others from doing better all the while contending they’re trying to help by leveling the playing field. They’re just picking their favorite winners & losers & smothering change by usurping the power of government/ regulations often for nothing other than their own personal gain. The NCAA has no charter declaring any type of level playing field for athletes. Rowing teams ride in vans, football teams have large buses or fly commercial. Secondary sports facilities are notoriously substandard unless a school has a very large athletic budget, even then the ”have nots” live nothing like the “haves”. There’s plenty of other examples. The most important, ie the revenue generating sports get preferential treatment because they generate revenue. Some schools do not even generate break even revenue in football, etc, but all other sports would collapse in their current form without football for example. Want to fix it, get people to show up for your favorite other sport instead. [/QUOTE]
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