Monday, October 29, 2007

Bad As They Wanna Be-Williamson 716

(Question 1)
I think he feels that college sports are getting out of control because there is so much pressure these days for the college athletes to perform. It used to be you were able to get a scholarship to a college if you played ball well enough, the athlete would play their best so that they would not loss their scholarship. Now there is so much pressure for the athletes to play their best for the benefit of the college and booster clubs. Williamson talks a lot about the corporate sponsorships that colleges are getting that used to be just for the pros. He also states his opinion very strongly about UNC spending so much money to build a new basketball arena for the college and to benefit the donors to the college and then they are also trying to build a special road for those big donors. He also expresses his feelings about UNC getting a Nick deal that would have all athletes wearing Nike apparel for practices, the students weren’t involved with this decision, what if a student does not like Nike brand, and does that mean they cannot play sports for UNC? He is wondering where the love of the game went and why it has become so commercial.

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