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Am I hopelessly naive/idealistic
Whenever I post a realignment idea, it's immediately mocked and ridiculed. I'm looking out for athletes "going pro in something other than sports". Be it athletes in a sport lacking a pro league and athletes weeded out before they can turn pro.
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I thought "going pro in something other than sports" meant that they just got a job.
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(06-21-2021 01:45 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Whenever I post a realignment idea, it's immediately mocked and ridiculed. I'm looking out for athletes "going pro in something other than sports". Be it athletes in a sport lacking a pro league and athletes weeded out before they can turn pro.

Because any realignment idea that isn't anchored in some sort of reasonable possibility (yours or anyone else's) is going to get criticized. This isn't Risk and it's not NCAA Football 14 where you can move schools into conferences willy nilly. There's a reason the conferences have evolved the way they have and there's a reason we don't see the dramatic changes that some armchair realignment experts would have it.
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(06-21-2021 01:47 PM)Todor Wrote:  I thought "going pro in something other than sports" meant that they just got a job.

I thought it meant becoming a prostitute
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(06-21-2021 01:45 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Whenever I post a realignment idea, it's immediately mocked and ridiculed.

Then it's time to do self-reflection and realize *why* this is happening, and make the effort to research and improve.

This is a board of mostly knowledgeable posters of schools, realignment, college finances, etc. With that, there's an expectation the rest of the userbase and content will match that bar.

If someone comes along and posts 288 threads (the number you've started) where the vast majority:
1) fails to grasp elementary concepts of college realignment
2) continually misreads other posts
3) can't formulate a fundamentally logical argument
4) is often unrealistic, fantasy nonsense

...that person will get the appropriate feedback. This is the go-to website for a lot of posters to find, learn, and exchange quality content.

If you're a casual fan, that's fine. But this isn't the board to be mashing your keyboard on. There's Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.

It's not on everyone else to pamper someone who's actively dragging down the board and diluting the experience for quality members.

(06-21-2021 01:49 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  Because any realignment idea that isn't anchored in some sort of reasonable possibility (yours or anyone else's) is going to get criticized. This isn't Risk and it's not NCAA Football 14 where you can move schools into conferences willy nilly. There's a reason the conferences have evolved the way they have and there's a reason we don't see the dramatic changes that some armchair realignment experts would have it.

This.
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(06-21-2021 01:47 PM)Todor Wrote:  I thought "going pro in something other than sports" meant that they just got a job.

Yes, a job that society actually needs and benefits from.
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IWULT: you're correct I'm not plugged into college finances and the inner workings of big time sports. I actually asked about people's background awhile back. I also think my lack of exposure to big time athletes (mis)informs my opinions. You're ALSO correct it's fantasy to think non-elite athletes have or even deserve a place at the table.
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(06-21-2021 02:11 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Collegiate athletics was always meant to be a means for athletically gifted students to get a free/reduced cost education that could prepare them for life.

It just so happens that tv networks will pay a lot of money to air some of those sports at certain schools.

If anyone is to blame here, it’s the professional sports leagues who refuse to pay for the development of their talent.

It's also the case that in the revenue sports, a large percentage of the student athletes come into college with an educational background that makes them less likely to succeed at the college level than the student body as a whole. Work needs to be done at an earlier time to provide both students and student-athletes with the best opportunity to succeed.
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Whit: that was always my impression as well (that football and basketball players didn't need to meet the academic standards)
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I found the thread where I asked people's background. The overwhelming majority are just fans. Guess you're WAY more connected than I expected.
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