That they have zero chance to compete for a national title no matter how good they are, no matter if they win a conference title, no matter if they're undefeated.  They will always been looked down upon because of their uniform, not their skill, and they have no way of earning respect on the field.  They are the only athletes in college sports that have this problem.

While I feel the pain and want a playoff as well, they knew that when they arrived on campus, so I can't feel they have been "wronged" since they got involved - they knew the score and knew a bowl game was their highest team reward.  Obviously, no one wants to take that away from them - nor would we - nor will the folks in the administration.

Just because someone took a crappy deal doesn't excuse those who offered it.

I'm sorry, is that what I said, if so I apologize.

 

Puplic schools must pay really well. Is that a school system the educates both kids and dogs in a co-educational environment?

That is interesting. I've heard of public school teachers pushing 90k around where I live but I'm in a town where the median home price is 450,000 a pricey market. Its like whats happened in the last 15 years with Federal Employees they've watched their salary double while the remainder of the country is subject to the ebb and flow of business cycles. I know its not a popular view among Tea Party types but the economy has completed its free market, consumer based transition and the governments role in the economy is going to become larger than industry's in sustaining this countries middle class.

The new political battlefront will be government employees (favoring higher taxes, bigger government) versus private employees. It is too late to stop, because there are too many people dependent on government. In the future, the middle and upper classes will be government employees and contractors, and the private sector will be mostly poor, at least until Atlas shrugs. Since government creates no wealth, the economy can not survive that way, so eventually the whole thing will collapse.

I'm inviting LC to my dinner of "4 people you want to have dinner with" party.  Football knowledge and a very interesting economic theory lesson is sure to await!

Relax, the FED just printed and monetized another $650 billion today for Wall Street.  Should not have any effect on inflation or the value of a split the pot ticket.  We can trust them because they tell us how much they care about us.  

Taking your theory essentially in that the government taxes us all to provide for itself a budget and jobs therefore the government doesn't create true industrial wealth, it would be a lot stronger if the government didn't include the defense industry and federal funding for medical research. The government is an high tech incubator and supports projects that would be ignored by industry until mature. A lot of experimenters rely on federal funding. I have a friend who's father invented the first commercial aids test using optic refraction to condense it to a portable size. He started his career working on technologies through the Naval Research Labs, then left to start his own company. Prior to the 1930's free markets and trade markets gave America its competitive advantage but today its the broad based technical expertise and investment. The free market is still a player as the US has relatively low tax rates compared to other countries I can agree with that. The world economy is constantly in flux. The wages in heavy industry up until 30 years ago led the way for middle class in this country and now its the service economy. The problem with the service economy on the corporate side is that it can meet the needs of an ever specialized consumer. Trend is going to be back away from the superstores toward locally owned outfits. The milkman is making a return. 

We're definitely going bowling.

How much sep is there between govt and private given the laws and tax code provisions loaded to favor businesses?  Do you much hear of provisions to give hard working joes a fair shake?  Or do the banks, credit card co's, financial institutions write or water down all the rules?  It's the golden rule; them what's got the cash makes rules in their own favor.