Athletic Recruitment Costs Double at Texas Schools, Students Foot the Bill

[Thelurker1234]

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/01/Texas-college-recruiting-costs-doubled-student-fees/

Student Athletes still aren't even paid btw lol

(also the highest spender, UT, is still shit at most sports go figure)

[SKS]

Student athletes also don't get to choose their own major and they're isolated from the rest of the student body

Also if they get injured they lose everything

[Omilinon 👻]

They don't get to choose their own major? That's honestly disgusting.

[Peachy]

Don't forget that they aren't paid because they aren't "real professionals"

[SKS]

What? They're paid! The education they get is their payment. The education they didn't choose and barely have time for. Free concussions too, which I hear are great for learning.

[Thelurker1234]

Do you have a source for them not being able to choose their own major?

IIRC the case was that they get heavily pushed into majors that are basically designed to be easy and useless, because if they don't keep up with their grades they get kicked out, but damn if their major is forced that just makes this whole scheme even more criminal.

[ss013r]

I'm not sure where you're getting that info from. I think they often end up choosing "easy" majors, but I haven't heard of university athletes being given no choice. I know of one that majored in Aerospace Engineering while playing football at the University of Tennessee:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Dobbs

[SKS]

I know an athlete from my school and he said they were either allowed to select from a small handful or were directly assigned, based on availability/judged capability.

And yeah it's pretty fuckin awful

[UncaringNonchala]

The South Park episode where Cartman acts like a slave owner to get into college sports has never been more relevant.

[Ganerumo]

The US school system seems like a rampant scam.

[Zakk]

EXCUSE ME SIR, STOO-DENT-ATH-O-LEETS, THAT IS GOLD SIR!

[Download]

I don't understand US university's/college's fascination with sports. The people who are actually there to study aren't choosing universities based on how well they play ball lol.

[Stiffy360]

Money. Football makes shittons of money for the school.

[Somepotato]

yeah the schools make rediculous amounts of money and the students get next to nothing on top of everyone else being in extreme debt

[Thelurker1234]

It's actually usually a loss for the school. this has a chart a bit down that illustrates what im saying. At least for texas, A&M is doing a good job and raking in a lot of money, UT-Austin is doing a decent job and raking in 7 million, while pretty much everyone else burns millions.

It started off in the 19th century as just a way for top universities to challenge eachother, and then college sports just became ABSURDLY popular among TV viewers. As for why schools themselves do it, I think it largely just has to do with them being expected to do it, and because it gets their name out there (good for advertising.) Texas tech is a pretty good example of a school most people in Texas know about & like, one which I've even been recommended to go to, despite actually being a pretty eh school in a depressing location. Why would people recommend & care about it and not better schools with comparable/better programs, in better locations, and similar acceptance rates like UTD? The Red Raiders name, that's why.

[SKS]

I go to the U of O and having the team brings a certain energy to the campus and overall image of the school that's honestly pretty enjoyable. Also Nike funding.