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What's most important in this conversation is to remember that we're not talking about football. We're talking about college athletics as a whole. Just because degrees attained while playing college football are largely worthless because of how little time is able to be spent studying does not mean that degrees attained with less-demanding sports (say, gymnastics or soccer) are equally worthless.

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Are you sure? Because the article doesn't mention 'degree' or 'graduate' at all. This article is only about the culture of violence in football and its repercussions later in life. There are tons of other articles and talks about this, but here, there's nothing.

I hate the NCAA. People who think players don't deserve to get paid for what they bring to the table in football or basketball because they're getting free education are incredibly wrong. The culture of the majority of the programs and also the desire of the players themselves don't put education first. But this article isn't about that issue, it's about injuries in football alone.

It seems like you're extrapolating either from another comment or comments in the article.

The aspect that the board member cites is the "Hit, Hit, Hit" war cry,

Gymnastics, soccer, and basketball aren't using "hit, hit, hit" as a cry.

For those unaware the above comment is likely about how american football programs fund almost entirely all athletics and some amount of academics at universities.

I don't think that's accurate. Many top-level football programs lose money. See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/wp/2015/11/23/runni...

Thanks for mentioning this, it's important; we're told, tv money, etc, but every bowl season schools not in the top 10 have to face a choice of making money or losing money

My point was that the rules are the same across all sports. If you make a change that will positive affect football athletes, that change might not be so positive for the other sports it will affect as well.

Although, you are absolutely correct in your comment as well.

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