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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 5757418, member: 225"]
Nope, it isn’t remotely college sports anymore. Do players even have to go to class anymore? When is the last time that someone was declared academically ineligible? It seems like it isn’t even possible these days.

College sports are merely the developmental league for the NFL and the NBA and in both cases, someone else foots the bill. Sure, they always were but the whole system has changed at the speed of light.

In CNY you have the Syracuse ChiefMets. Or is the MetChiefs? Anyway, the parent club pays for the rosters. At SU, it is the boosters. There is no ROI for the boosters and the whole thing is merely the entertainment business of a major academic institution. “Student” athletes move from town to town annually and it is virtually impossible to develop any kind of emotional connection to them. Pop quiz: who was the starting small forward for SU hoops in 2023?

See?

Oh well, no use worrying about things I can’t change. 75 years ago today, it snowed in Syracuse on April 17th. That was the day I was born.
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