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You'd probably see a whole lot of sports dropped everywhere. Most require football, basketball, or baseball to pay the bills.

He's being sarcastic.

There are 130 FBS schools who have 85 scholarship football players. That's 11.050 players. There are 127 FCS schools who can award the equivalent of 63 scholarships to 85 players. That's 8001 - 10795 players. A total of 19051 - 21845 players are attending college financed by football. There are...

But only to a point. Look at UM in the 70's. They were all set to drop football. There was no great concern that they university would collapse or people would stop attending. Football exists at most colleges as long as it helps pay the bills for other sports and isn't too much of a headache.

And that won't cause any friction at all in the locker room.

I was commuter student, so I had those at home.

Hey, why did ticket prices just go through the roof?

And since they're employees, they'd likely also be subject to the corporate drug policy.

Are you aware that UM competes in 14 sports and only 2 are profitable? Are you aware of the Title IX implications of your suggestion? Are you really okay with telling people they can't have a scholarship so a football player can get paid...

So if colleges were to pay, the the offer of a scholarship can become a full contract. No more leaving early without penalty, graduation is a requirement. These things can work both ways so be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

Who the **** does Elon Musk think he is making millions., He wouldn't be anywhere without the guy turning a wrench in his factory. Same with Bezos, Edison, Ford, etc. The workers should control the means of production!

Your assuming the system would otherwise stay as it is. There are a great many schools that would move to a model where they don't offer scholarships if they even kept football at all. Who benefits then?

Sure, but there's also a ready supply of talent willing to take the place of anyone who chooses to leave. Unless you're talking about unionization and collective bargaining. If that ever happens, it will as successful as it was with Eastern Airlines. Why is Brady worth the money? Because he's a...

Simple supply and demand. I can replace even an excellent QB relatively easily. They're all short term rentals as you know the very most you'll have them is 4 years and it's not a big deal if they transfer to your rival school. That's not the same with coaches. Replacing a very good one is...

How many Saban quality coaches are there? How many players are willing to play a given position?

Amen. Just look at the attitudes around here. People think of them as future NFL players who happen to play on a team with a school's name instead of college students who use football to pay for their education.

What would a chair look like if our knees bent the other way?

It says Notice it says revenue, not profit.

Why go to the moon? Why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

Who's going to teach the schools how to do that? They're not doing a great job even with econ majors.