afan,
Had to take a walking break. So here we go:
1. 80% of the people who we sit with including myself are NOT alumni - they are people who grew up on PSU football or have grand kids, nieces or nephews who go to school there - most live within 1 to 2 hours away from PSU, we are the anomaly. They are NOT rich alumni - they are people who worked or still work hard and enjoy a Saturday of fun - ever watch ND football on a Sunday morning as a kid? There you go - you
stereotyped without the facts. Btw - there are only 2,500 in the Club Seats not the 5,000 I had originally mentioned;
2. You are MISSING MY POINT COMPLETELY - the number 105 guy who puts in the same amount of work, watches film, mimics the o and d of the opposing team, gets to be a practice dummy for the starters week-in and week-out, does the same reps and THEN has to possibly go work a job while number 1 gets to sit in a cushy coach and eat bon-bons because he does not have to work to pay for his education is JUST AS IMPORTANT and some coaches would say is more important than number 1. It is about the team - AIN'T NO I IN TEAM. If that makes me telling the NCAA what LandM amateurism is then call me guilty. Finally your tax dollars put me in some really bad situations as a young adult, I would take the gritty 105 player before the number 1 player unless it was McSorley or McGloin - would take those two in any situation - notice I did not say Barkley?
3. What playing college ball at the level of a PSU gets you is a possible chance at Sunday and a means to actually eat your Wheaties with milk - although that is provided free of charge to a PSU athlete assuming they qualify under their diet program;
4. XFL is a bunch of washed up has-beens - they all were given a chance and none made it for whatever reason, thankfully Johnny did not put his hat in the ring - talk about a drama queen;
5. As an FYI, NDA's and C&I Agreements are very valid in NY and I have used that twice and won - hard to do yes, no regrets. Further I paid my employees anywhere from 130 to 150% of prevailing wages, full benefits including same sex benefits (one of the first in Upstate NY), 8 days for Holiday and 2 floating days; 20 days vacation to start; matching 401k - there were more then a few people who retired working for me and I was ALWAYS THE LAST GUY TO GET PAID and endured allot of bitc$ing from my spouse about that - then when the companies were sold - became the hero to her
. SO PLEASE STOP the banter about how I treat people as you have NO clue how I ran my companies.
6. Finally, if the snot nosed players that retain the ranks of 1 - 5 do not want to play, I as a fan have the choice of not paying - lots of stray animals that money could feed - I and 90% of the people in stands would probably opt for that option. There is NO leverage for a player against a fan IMHO. And, I would love to here snot nose tell a prospective NFL coach why he opted not to play in a game because he was not getting paid for his likeness. There is a reason Colin K is still NOT in the NFL. He has the right to kneel and he has the right to make his points - but no owner or coach wants poison in a locker room.
You take IMHO many of us who played at a decent level, I would choose my teammates over money.....maybe I was taught different values BUT stop telling me what I think - I would appreciate that courtesy.
Best
I agree my take is a different take. I find it silly to hold the athletes to some noble standard, while everyone else involved can make as much as they like. It's weird, and doesn't make logical sense.
