And gyms could still be built for student use using significantly less leeching on the students. I know that because my university had quality gyms and no sports teams outside of intramural.
I get you but frats are not a great comparison considering they don't suck funding out of schools in exchange for .... entertainment you have to pay a second time for.
It might taste bad for you but how about the students in underfunded programs due to the leeching of athletics? They paid to go to a place of learning and there are only so many seats, which are being reduced to fund.... a useless activity. Before you jump on the well rounded individual thing, intramural sports are what most students would have access to and do not require the massive amount of spending that collegiate sports require so it's not a benefit for the rest of the student population. Why should they be required to hold their tongue because it gives you a bad taste?
If there's an arms race for athletes and the school sports programs pay their tuition through athletic scholarships, then that isn't free money for the school. It's allocated out of an already existing school budget that constantly needs to grow and take from other school expenses to afford elite athletes.
The sports teams pay rent to the school out of the same existing budget which is part of the school funding so again, it's money the school already has that has to allocated for upkeep of their facilities.
Just like the regular students pay upkeep for the engineering facility, the administration buildings, and the other facilities with their non-scholarship money (meaning it actually came from an external source instead of the school subsidizing).
I'm not sure if I remember correctly but don't most athletic programs not pay for themselves? Don't they require a portion of the tuition from non athletics students to continue functioning and in that case wouldn't it mean that there is in fact less education happening due to the athletic program?
I don't understand why people think they can fuck with other people without provoking an unpleasant reaction.
They're basing it on one side behaving with civility in response to abuse, and that's just fucking stupid.
So yeah, burn the trolls.
Because some people want to jump straight into bbq without experience and have a bunch of money to compensate for knowledge about timing and when to test temps and what smells you're waiting for.
Also, more precise temperature control for the cook who wants to try out other methods for elevating their bbq game.
Mine's probably nostalgia tinged but here goes:
FFVII, VIII, IX, and X
I love the setting, I love the mechanic changes between the series from materia giving various boosts in 7 to the actual spell slots changing stats in 8 and the summons in 9, and blitzball in 10. The story for each was unique in their own world ending way and beautiful to run through. I replay them probably once every three-five years or so but they mark a high point for me.
Adding to the list, Demon's Souls. I never fully understood the storyline behind it but the sequencing of zones around the central hub and the combat are some of my favorite aspects. I need another play on that soon....
It would probably be a little weeby of me to take some life lessons from them but they did help me to understand that hard decisions sometimes have to be made that include personal sacrifice and doing things that are unpleasant in order to move everyone forward and up.
The 50th is the gravy in your heart