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  11. Republicans

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    20 hours ago, T-Dub said:

     Think you're mad at the wrong person here.  Why should it go to the coach's million dollar salary?  OSU is a for-profit institution whose main product is football games. Education is a side-hustle. The problem is we're giving the money to 19 year olds expecting them to then live like monks and subsidize the college.  Why don't we give the money directly to the college, let the student attend for free and work at Starbuck's for their incidentals instead? Well, we very much do give them our tax money directly, but the university operates as a for-profit enterprise as both a directly & indirectly-funded public institution. Those profits go to paying a football coach millions of dollars instead of investors but I'd say he's profiting quite nicely, as are the dean and upper faculty. It's a state college yet, to put it differently, also kind of a football franchise.  Why isn't OSU self-sufficient? 

    I agree that my tax dollars shouldn't go towards the coach's salary, and if you believe the blather from the Athletic Dept., it doesn't. The Athletic Dept. is self supporting, blah, blah, blah. Maybe funding educations the way you suggest is the way to go, but then the university couldn't collect exorbitant room and board from the students who can't commute under your plan. Heaven forbid! 

     

    Here in Columbus, if you are a Columbus City School graduate, you get free tuition to Columbus State for 2 years to complete an associate's degree. It's a private foundation/public partnership with the school district that pays for it, so not totally funded by tax dollars. 

     

    There's no one "good" or "bad" answer. 

  14. Republicans

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    16 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

    An educated populace is good for everyone.

     

    16 hours ago, claptonrocks said:

    Agree but not at  taxpayers expense.

     

    I think that the issue that needs to be addressed is the cost of college in the first place. We paid for our son's education out of our pockets. We informed him of what we had budgeted for his education and told him to make it work. Fortunately, he chose to commute and live at home the first 2 years,  and with the scholarships he received, we made it work. When he decided to move out his junior year, he paid his living expenses, not us. 

     

    We live less than 2 miles from OSU, so we see all of the new, fancy buildings that are built on and off campus so that they can attract "the best and the brightest" students, and some of the on campus facilities are really nice. It's a "Keeping up with the Jones" mentality, and universities could afford to build or upgrade these buildings when interest rates are low, so they did. They also instituted a requirement for sophomores to live on campus some years back, in addition to freshmen, so they had to build more living facilities. As for the new off campus facilities, some of the new apartments cost $1200.00/month for a studio apartment. Granted, everything is included, and in one building, there is a Starbucks, so the residents of that building get limited free Starbucks coffee, but who needs to pay that much for a studio apartment? It's a money grab with the university and the landlords.

     

    We also do "urban recycling" every summer when the students move out, and you should see the stuff that students throw out. Big screen TVs, laptops, unused gift cards, Xbox games, etc. That shows me that some students are accruing debt but not being responsible with it. 

     

    I have a friend whose daughter is getting ready to go to college. She makes too much money to qualify for any kind of grants, so she is hoping that her daughter doesn't get into OSU so she can go to a local community college for the first 2 years and save some money, and then transfer into OSU. That's horrible, I know. 

     

    I will admit that there are some people who honestly need help, but they usually qualify for Pell grants and similar grants. 

     

    So, explain again to me why my tax dollars should go to pay for some other kid's Starbucks? I don't even drink it myself.

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  15. Republicans

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    1 hour ago, claptonrocks said:

    Glad citizens are ok with paying it off.

    Unbelievable....

    I’m not really thrilled about this, anymore than I’m thrilled about paying for other parents  in Ohio who make up to $145,000.00/year to send their kids to private schools. 

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  20. Divisional Round Playoff Games Thread

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    39 minutes ago, BlackJesus said:

     

     

    The Bengals just got unlucky to be in the toughest division in football and not get many gimme games. 

    We’re a pass heavy team because we have an all world QB so our coaches want to lean on that as much as possible. Unfortunately, we’re also in a tough, physical, run heavy division with defenses that are designed to take away the passing game, with 2 of the defenses featuring possibly the best pass rushers in the game, so it’s not a good match up for us. The only way we are going to compete in this division in the near future is if the coaches design a team with a more balanced offense.

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  21. Republicans

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    6 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

     

    Ted Cruz won Iowa in 2016. 

     

    I know a lot of people who won Iowa didn’t win the nomination. Didn’t Rick Santorum win Iowa, too, I’m thinking in 2012?

  22. Republicans

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    1 hour ago, Jamie_B said:

     

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    That’s what I was saying to my husband the other night when he was devouring the results. Aside from being first in the nation, why is Iowa so important? They only have 40 delegates, it’s not winner takes all, and less than 20% of registered Republicans came out to vote. 

  24. Random 2024 Bengals related stuff

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    14 hours ago, Bleeds Orange said:

    Wasn't sure where to put this, so I guess here is as good a place as any...

     

    With today's announcement of the (apparent) death of Sports Illustrated, people on X are posting their favorite SI memories. That got me thinking about an issue and article that was significant to me. It happened during my favorite Bengals season of all time: 1981.

     

    When the December 14, 1981 issue arrived in my mailbox, I'm sure I couldn't believe what I was seeing, because there on the cover was an actual Bengals player, the first to ever be on the cover of SI, posed in the cool new jersey and striped helmet. But even more amazing than the cover was a quote from Collinsworth, where I saw the word "Bengals" and "Super Bowl" mentioned in the same paragraph for the first time in my life.

     

     

    At the time of that interview, the team had just beaten Houston to go to 6-3, one week before the shocking beatdown of the Chargers in San Diego. So to predict a Super Bowl for a team that had gone 4-12, 4-12, and 6-10 was pretty bold. I couldn't believe what I was reading, but I liked it.

     

    CATCH A CATCHING STAR: SI Vault - December 14, 1981

     

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    I had this hanging in my dorm room.

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