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re: Because people are stupid, our Governor feels coaching salaries should be capped
Posted on 1/24/18 at 1:54 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Posted on 1/24/18 at 1:54 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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What don't the dems get about supply and demand?
That's an absurd statement and actually makes the democrats out to be the smart one.
In a perfect world, we as a society should value someone's academic prowess far more than we should their athletic. Let's face it, pro sports players aren't fricking curing cancer or helping solve the grand unified theory. They are doing nothing to advance the human species.
Unfortunately we prefer our school to win a championship in football over a Nobel prize.
However, we are talking about private money so realistically, the government should stay out of trying to tell people what they can and can not spend their money on (this includes substances that are currently illegal). People should be able to piss away their money if they want.
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 2:02 pm to AshLSU
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That's an absurd statement and actually makes the democrats out to be the smart one.
well not really, John Bel wasn't offering social commentary, he was purely arguing optics and people's inabilities to see the difference in private vs. public funding
Posted on 1/24/18 at 2:16 pm to AshLSU
The proverbial 'elephant in the room', seemingly is NEVER discussed by the vast majority of our elected officials....what elephant you say? PUBLIC funds actually are being utilized to subsidize SPORTS programs at ALL of the states public schools ! YOUR tax dollars help pay for the coaching staffs at ULL,LaTech,McNeese,Nicholls,Southern etc.etc.etc. In fact, what should be done is ELIMINATE many of these mini 4yr. colleges and morph them into what they should have been from the very beginning i.e. specialized trade/industry institutions ! A state of our size, simply cannot afford to offer 4 yr. degrees and grad.schools every 50 miles or so apart ! What they were always designed to be is a feeding trough for local interests supported with local and state tax dollars....INCLUDING their non-self supporting athletic departments ! it's all a sham ! No politico will ever stand up against and speak the truth !
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