Time

TIME

By: W. L. Jackson

 

       

As we all enjoy the BCS National Championship game tonight being played by two historic universities with rich traditions. Can we explore and examine the theory of time. We will use Einstein’s equation E=MC2 http://www.newsreview.com/reno/brain-waves-hand-waves/content?oid=8722230, because time is money.

The amount of time it takes to make over half a billion dollars (>$550,000,000.00)http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/01/06/as-college-football-revenue-skyrockets-debate-over-money-for-players-changes/

 http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/01/04/bcs-fans-descend-on-south-florida/. Reports issued on expected revenue from the BCS National Championship game. 

After the total television revenue, bowl sponsorship, apparel companies, city taxes(Miami, FL.), lodging, airports, tourist events, etc.. Everyone spending or consuming money, all except the labor on the field. This group of talented young people are giving away commerce (tell spell-check it’s a noun of multitude). Even though two months from now, over 90% of them(college players) will not have $20 for gas or food. The nasty side of capitalism is greed. History has shown society, that faced with options, businesses sometimes chooses excess or access. 

Outside of hip-hop music, rarely does a hustler tell you up-front that he is a greedy, money throwing gangsta. Most greedy people promise you huge rewards for your investment. Example Bernie Madoff investments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff, where investors were led to believe their investment would produce a solid return. Others like Jack Abramoff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_Indian_lobbying_scandal lobbied a congressman from Texas 22nd congressional district to stop legislative banning of sex shops and sweatshops which forced workers to endure horrific conditions in Northern Mariana Islands, some workers were promised citizenship.

Like a game of Three Card monte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9eztxY5l-I on the streets in New York city, your eyes are slow. Sometimes you are being hustled, even by friendly, kind grandpas. Four letters that represent the strongest back-hand street hustle, not PIMP, but NCAA. 

Life offers you opportunities but history offers perspective/solutions. If the person before you was hustled, it’s a 100% out of 100% chance, you will endure the same circumstances. A couple people may hit the lottery http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1472754-nfl-draft-2013-first-round-sleepers-with-nfl-star-power. Most players will spend the rest of their life talking about the game, seems exploitive to most. Why continue to ask,“Should college athletes get paid?”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bowls/2013/01/07/bcs-championship-alabama-notre-dame-player-round-table-pay-stipends/1813359/

College coaches representing the two BCS National Championship teams earn:

University of Alabama: >$6 miilion http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/111641/nick-saban-sophomoric-success#

Notre Dame University: >$5 million http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/1/6/3842254/brian-kelly-contract-notre-dame-extension-raise

Not sure which subjects these two gentlemen teach at these beautiful campuses. Maybe the botany and anthropology professors need to hire an agent.   

The most beautiful thing in this world is life. New life-young life-old life-wasted life, and inspired life-creative life-fast life, or enjoyed life. You get the point. One shot at gestation from millions of spermatocytes and oocytes.  Time intervals began to count down(not a birth vs. conception debate), no one knows the amount in their time bank. Young people are the most vulnerable due to the expectation of a timeless existence. People are exploiting our youth with romantic fantasies of fame and fortune.

The NCAA is not an amateur organization across the board, two sports are run like businesses/professional sports http://www.stubhub.com/bcs-national-championship-game-tickets/?gcid=C12289x486&keyword=35022566&creative=3793079331 , also availablehttp://www.stubhub.com/ncaa-final-four-tickets/. Look up the link for golf/lacrosse, I searched.

Now with the time you have, follow none, love many, and believe a few, because the truth is rarely openly shared. People are not all good, look at the U.S. Congress ratinghttp://www.gallup.com/poll/158372/congress-approval-rating-ahead-elections.aspx. 

 When you hear coaches, athletic directors, NCAA presidents talk about players (Generational Divide http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8810776), and players since of entitlement. Remember who makes millions on college campuses. The institutional centers responsible for producing America’s best, which raise tuition on students annually. Universities are pricing the average kid out of an opportunity for an education, hopefully out of poverty. People receive scholarships, go to school full-time, and work a job in order to survive the overwhelming cost of college. Imaging doing all of this without compensation=Exploitation.  

As the NCAA justifies Super Bowl weekend 2.0, listen to their voice patterns and look them in the eyes as they answer questions. 

Please don’t lie to me man/woman!!




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