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[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

University sports were not a problem like this until the 80s when the Reagan administration and supreme court gave way in a ruling with ou vs the NCAA over broadcast rights

After that unis could make insane money off sports

We're seeing monopolization and the NCAA being destroyed

This is just another result of deregulation and monopolization we're seeing in America

The NCAA was founded over 100 years ago by the founders of the sport of football and teddy Roosevelt as a regulatory org and then the neoliberal 80s began to kill its power.

Schools 100% could have sports and academics and shit,

But that would require regulation which isn't gonna happen