OT: Indiana OSU

[Purple Pile Driver]

Yep, but IU kicked your tails, and if we played each other again this week, it would be a repeat.

You were due. It’s been a losing streak for IU to NU in Football and even basketball in recent times. Sure glad Cig is over 60 years old or we’d never be able to catch IU in my lifetime.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

My Lamborghini analogy was only about the logic (not wealthy donors) - you could substitute anything.
The argument I dislike is - We need to pay the players because "they" are paying the players.
We need to buy a Lambo, because "they" are buying Lambos. We need to cover our entire house in Christmas lights because "they" are covering their houses in Christmas lights. I find that logic silly. Thats all I meant by that.

On the more interesting point - I think it is indisputable that nobody would care very much about watching Johnny Common play football, except for the fact that he is playing for Northwestern. I'd guess that 50% of NU's current undergrads couldn't name 10 players on the football team.

My argument is that players don't have a claim to the television revenue. The tv revenue is primarily a result of the Name and Image of the university - not the individual players. I can see paying them for their time, given the tv revenue. However, other students have time-consuming jobs that generate revenue for the university. But those kids with the work study jobs aren't getting their tuition and housing provided for $0, like the scholarship athletes do. So the athletes are already being paid, regardless of any attempt to obfuscate. And a scholarship to Northwestern is worth a lot more than a scholarship to Mississippi State.

The argument isn’t we need to pay players because they pay players. The argument is we need to pay players to remain competitive. We can go back and forth and whether the high profile athletic teams enhance the application pool, alum donations, and overall branding of the University, to me that is also indisputable. As stated, chicken and the egg.

I would also argue that a scholarship to Northwestern is always worth a lot more than to Mississippi State, Alabama, or any other less prestigious institution. This is generally true for the gen pop of NU like your daughter. However, if you are Wil Clark what’s more valuable your baseball scholarship to Mississippi Stare or your scholarship offer to NU. If you are Jalen Hurts, what’s a better life/career decision an Alabama scholarship or a NU scholarship.

 

[techtim72]

Yeah, that was a bad example. The USWNT is way better than the men in terms of outcomes and popularity.

Really? I truly don't give a shit, but the fact remains that the men's and women's contracts were what they were. The women leveraged the usual crap to up their share of a contractual split. That's just a fact. Another time in history they wouldn't have gotten another nickel. Since it means absolutely nothing to me financially or in any other way, good for them.

NU320 you never miss a chance to profess your distain for "boomers" even when it is irrelevant. It's like you just can't wait to find something to rage about that shows your good standing in the correct way to view the world.

TheC I wasn't referring to your post although I have no idea what you were talking about in reference to my comment that in summary says NU women will get their share.