[NU Sports] Very provocative commentary

[Jeff Beamsley]

I thought it an interesting read, had some new facts, easy to dance to, etc.
As others have already pointed out, it was in the end a shallow pop song
repeating common themes.

What would have been interesting is if he dug into the real question, "Do
those who play college football benefit from the experience?"  Instead he
took the easy road using "everybody knows" logic - everybody knows that
college football players don't get paid and everybody knows that only a small
percentage of them end up with NFL careers, so the rest must be exploited.

I would like to see some longitudinal study which compares non-athletes and
athletes and how they fare two, five, and ten years after they graduate.
That would give a better picture of whether or not those who received a
college education in return for their athletic contributions were getting a
good return on their investment.

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Ben Adler
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:50 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Very provocative commentary

If you haven't seen today's commentary on the commercialism of college
football by author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Blind Side) in the NY Times,
it's definitely worth a read.  Not exactly preaching to the choir...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/opinion/11lewis.html

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