re: It's not a f'ing "product" on the field, it's kids playing a game

no, it's a product on the field, part of big business. Hundreds of millions of dollars generated on tickets, concessions, TV revenue, ad revenue, etc.

And they're not kids. They're 18-22 year olds. They can vote and serve in the military. Not kids.

If you truly want watch kids play a game, go watch a middle school or high school game.

OP is wrong. Watching little league kids for free in your local community is watching kids play. This is most definitely a product. It is packaged, marketed, and sold as a product. Billions are made exploiting this product. Many of the "kids" are aspiring to multimillion dollar NFL careers. What it is most definitely not is a bunch of happy go lucky kids simply playing a game on a field.

what does all that mean goon ,you fire players who don't meet your expectations and hire more the next day ! Goon ,successful coaches are hard to find and when you do change coaches you threaton to fire him after the first loss ,this a guaranteed path to no where !

For better or worse, it's become a product. And almost everyone on this board is financially (or at least emotionally) invested.

When you're paying that much for tickets.....it's a product......

Then why charge for attendance?

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It brings in huge chunks of revenue for the school, the football program, and athletic dept as a whole. Many people work for those. 

It brings in revenue for business in the area, which also employ people. 

We play in a conference that gives out +30 million checks. 

There are players whose performance earned them a free education valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

Many players are auditioning for multi-million dollar paychecks. They are also using the program and it's coaches to prepare them for that industry. 

Many many fans send huge chunks of their disposable income to the program for no reason other than they are fans and want to experience winning. 

Many other people volunteer to work for the program for no pay for reasons basically coming down to being a fan and want to be around the program. 

Coaches are vying for job security, paychecks, and in some cases making their careers and future paychecks based off having a good product. 

This "game" is big business. It should be treated as such. It stops being "just a game" when you sign a contract to play in return for consideration ($ value of a scholarship).

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youre one of the best posters on this site. ive never seen you make a shitty post.

It is a product. The coaches get paid millions and the schools make millions off of it. We all have to pay to watch it, and most of these kids are getting their schooling paid for.

Also, a lot of them are using it as a dress rehearsal for the NFL anyway.

Production: produce: product.
The coaches want more offensive production from the QB position.

The team needs to produce more turnovers on defense.

The game is a product.

LSU takes your money in exchange for watching a game. You are a consumer and LSU is pro-viding a service. You have production inputs and consumers.

18-23 year olds are young men, not kids