On a slightly different note, I’m still quite upset about the recent ruling allowing college athletes to make money with endorsements. In other words, they get to go to college for free, get incredible benefits, and then can also make money. This seems incredibly unfair to other students. I think if a college athlete makes money on endorsements then they should have to pay their tuition. The funding of athletics has always come at the cost of the humanities. And I deeply believe we need the humanities more than we need college athletics. But you know, build the Colosseum to entertain the masses and keep them distracted. 😞
This is shocking. But also not. The cynicism of college athletics.
I taught a course on plant genetic engineering, so often view the hidden costs of big agriculture through the lens of GMOs. The argument is often made that genetically engineered crops will save resources, but the energy used and plastic produced during R & D, the jet fuel for researchers to travel to promote their work, etc. are not considered.
The larger the farm the harder the failure. Costs to operate large farms are increasing and subsidies from a bankrupted country are decreasing. But more concerning is the reduction of soil fertility.
Its a pig in a poke, investors having no idea what is happening on the ground.
I had no idea. I didn’t know any of this.
On a slightly different note, I’m still quite upset about the recent ruling allowing college athletes to make money with endorsements. In other words, they get to go to college for free, get incredible benefits, and then can also make money. This seems incredibly unfair to other students. I think if a college athlete makes money on endorsements then they should have to pay their tuition. The funding of athletics has always come at the cost of the humanities. And I deeply believe we need the humanities more than we need college athletics. But you know, build the Colosseum to entertain the masses and keep them distracted. 😞
I would like to give a shout-out to Von Miller, who studied poultry science at Texas A&M and now has a full fledged poultry operation! Definitely the exception. 🐔 https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/21/buffalo-bills-von-miller-own-chicken-wings/
This is shocking. But also not. The cynicism of college athletics.
I taught a course on plant genetic engineering, so often view the hidden costs of big agriculture through the lens of GMOs. The argument is often made that genetically engineered crops will save resources, but the energy used and plastic produced during R & D, the jet fuel for researchers to travel to promote their work, etc. are not considered.
The larger the farm the harder the failure. Costs to operate large farms are increasing and subsidies from a bankrupted country are decreasing. But more concerning is the reduction of soil fertility.
Its a pig in a poke, investors having no idea what is happening on the ground.
Reminds me somewhat of "investments" in hospitals. Must everything have a profit motive? It's unhealthy.