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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 111829" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I think it would be a good story for the viewing audience, but I think college football is institutional now. </p><p></p><p>What I mean by that is that the incentives for the kind of behavior we see in the factory programs are widely supported by organizations - athletic departments, athletic associations, media outlets - that are (you might have noticed) remarkably impervious to popular sentiment. They know that most people watch football to be entertained and that, while they may tut-tut about the problems with big time athletics, they don't really put that at the top of their lists when it comes to who they watch and when. The result is that the people who run these institutions feel, correctly, largely free of constraints coming from their supporters or anywhere else. It would take making football and the rest of the big time sports a political issue - something that hasn't happened since Theodore Roosevelt's administration - to get them to sit up and take notice. </p><p></p><p>For all that, I do think you're right about Tech as an example of what can be done by running a clean program with brains being a beneficial one. I hope you're right about our making a run at the MNC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 111829, member: 265"] I think it would be a good story for the viewing audience, but I think college football is institutional now. What I mean by that is that the incentives for the kind of behavior we see in the factory programs are widely supported by organizations - athletic departments, athletic associations, media outlets - that are (you might have noticed) remarkably impervious to popular sentiment. They know that most people watch football to be entertained and that, while they may tut-tut about the problems with big time athletics, they don't really put that at the top of their lists when it comes to who they watch and when. The result is that the people who run these institutions feel, correctly, largely free of constraints coming from their supporters or anywhere else. It would take making football and the rest of the big time sports a political issue - something that hasn't happened since Theodore Roosevelt's administration - to get them to sit up and take notice. For all that, I do think you're right about Tech as an example of what can be done by running a clean program with brains being a beneficial one. I hope you're right about our making a run at the MNC. [/QUOTE]
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