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Message: [QUOTE="Quazzum69, post: 2319386, member: 2653"] Why are universities in the professional sports business anyway? It progressed naturally from regional clubs, exploded with radio and tv, and has outgrown many schools into basically a separate, sustainable business. It would be like if 100 years ago companies started employee softball clubs. They would play other companies' clubs and then started a company league. It got really popular with the locals (no professional teams, often), and started being broadcast. Players got better and soon employees were recruited solely for their softball skills and given fake jobs (alongside actual workers who don't play on the team). Then you end up with grocery stores and electronics companies that have professional softball teams making millions. But all the players are technically janitors or cart boys and get paid as such. It makes no sense. No one would create this system from scratch in todays world. [/QUOTE]