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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 650696" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>This whole thing will bring the gamblers directly into the game (they are already <em>indirectly</em> in it up to their chins already) and federal regulation won't be far behind. This whole situation is very like what happened in TR's time when the "flying wedge" was outlawed and the colleges began to police themselves. Problem = most major college football programs have absolutely no interest in policing themselves and neither do most administrations. So the political process and the DoL will do it for them.</p><p></p><p>And, of course, there's a way out and I predict it will be taken. Put all of college football - nay, all college athletics - on Div. 3 status. This won't stop athletic scholarships, of course; the colleges will tailor academic scholarships accordingly. But it will lead to a lessening of donor interference in recruiting and to a vast reduction in coaching salaries. (Then folks like Saban will have to find something socially useful to do with their time, for which three cheers.) The key to this is federal support for college tuition so that every youngster who qualifies can go to college. The main reason the colleges have gotten behind major sports programs is to replace missing state fund with increased donor revenue.</p><p></p><p>I think there's more to it, but that would be a TL/DL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 650696, member: 265"] This whole thing will bring the gamblers directly into the game (they are already [I]indirectly[/I] in it up to their chins already) and federal regulation won't be far behind. This whole situation is very like what happened in TR's time when the "flying wedge" was outlawed and the colleges began to police themselves. Problem = most major college football programs have absolutely no interest in policing themselves and neither do most administrations. So the political process and the DoL will do it for them. And, of course, there's a way out and I predict it will be taken. Put all of college football - nay, all college athletics - on Div. 3 status. This won't stop athletic scholarships, of course; the colleges will tailor academic scholarships accordingly. But it will lead to a lessening of donor interference in recruiting and to a vast reduction in coaching salaries. (Then folks like Saban will have to find something socially useful to do with their time, for which three cheers.) The key to this is federal support for college tuition so that every youngster who qualifies can go to college. The main reason the colleges have gotten behind major sports programs is to replace missing state fund with increased donor revenue. I think there's more to it, but that would be a TL/DL. [/QUOTE]
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