Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
Well the rationale is that they get a free education, which at all schools is expensive and at some schools is absurdly expensive. And the thing is if they get paid something their's still going to be "friends of the program" willing to give them something extra.

college football is bigger than NFL where I'm from, partly because we don't have a pro team. But college football is big pretty much everywhere now. High School football is huge in Texas and big some other places in the south but I don't give a shit about that, I haven't watched a high school football game since I played high school football.

But especially in the small town south its big cause that's the town's team. I'm from the south but have never lived in a small town.
I've heard and read quite a lot about the rivalry Auburn/Crimson Tide, apparently it sticks when you're young and from there it,s a never look back and this allegiance is VERY important and will shape a part of who you do frequent. I've also read how this is so important that it did split some family apart. Crazy.