Ban the Pros

Today's fun fact - always spit on a new baseball bat before using it, to make it lucky.

Why do we bother with professional sports?
We, as taxpayers, end up spending millions on stadiums for the right to host a team that goes 3-20 every year. We spend more on sports than on movies. Television spends more on sports than on the news.

And for what? College football is as exciting as pro ball, college basketball ditto - why wouldn't college baseball, hockey, soccer, etc. be as exciting?
We could spend that stadium money on colleges. Our admission fees would go to furthering education, rather than polishing some exec's learjet. Our outstanding running backs, knowing that there would not be any contracts after graduation, might actually work towards a degree and become a valuable member of society after his playing days are done, as opposed to guest starring on bad sitcoms during sweeps week, or giving color commentary.

Ban the pros. Go State!