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Umm... why the fuck are state dollars being used for college sports teams?
Tuition isn't free, why is the taxpayer footing the bill?
THANK YOU. Honestly the amount of taxpayer money our educational institutions spend in actual games is ridiculous. Meanwhile the physics department at my local CalState school had to cancel classes earlier this year due to a heat wave – their building doesn’t have A/C.
Yeah, I was reading through this and saw:
and thought, "wow, that's really unfortunate". Then I saw:
and thought "ah, there it is, the real motivation for this".
State college, state college sports program. I don't see an issue.
Where I see an issue is when the sports program gets more attention and funding than the academic programs. Students should be students first, athletes second.
The issue is that these institutions charge tuition yet still receive taxpayer dollars.
It should be one or the other.
I don't see why it should be all or nothing. The split/pricing definitely needs some work, but having higher education be subsidized but not completely funded by the state is pretty reasonable.
Why should they get taxpayer money to waste it on sports? To appease meatheads who don't belong in college in the first place.
Why should they get taxpayer money and still charge tuition? To make rich people richer faster.
Because if they didn’t tuition would be even higher.