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Originally Posted by Izulde
While I don't know if I'd put it to the extreme of tobacco and alcohol, college football, and, to a lesser extent men's college basketball, is such an economic machine and so important to universities developing a brand and awareness, it won't ever go away.
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Much of it is just an arms race. Michigan might think it needs football simply because Texas has football. But if we banned football, both schools might be better off because they don't have to waste money competing. It's a zero-sum game for prestige.