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Re:Alabama tracking students' locations to penalize them for... by selectodude on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:15PM (#20964781)
College football is not a quality product. The kids are young, the vast majority aren’t going to even sniff a pro career, there are hundreds of teams to dilute all the talent and most of the games are blowouts. The entire business model is the personal connection with your school. There’s literally no other reason to watch.
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Re:Alabama tracking students' locations to penalize them for... by jtcruthers on Friday September 13, 2019 @03:12PM (#20965353)
> College football is not a quality product

The multi-billions of dollars spent on it begs to differ. Just because they aren't old (are 22 year olds really too young for athletics?) doesn't mean it is a bad product. Many consider it to be a much more exciting game opposed to the 7-3 games the NFL puts out.

I'd rather watch a 49-21 game than a 14-6 snoozefest.

This is really your personal opinion.

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Re:Alabama tracking students' locations to penalize them for... by lonelappde on Saturday September 14, 2019 @08:56AM (#20970500)
The vast majority of people don't watch football for "quality product". They watch for the fun of balls moving and people hitting and picking a tribe in a competition.
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