tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146031547797573341.post3920004297423093429..comments2023-10-16T06:36:35.530-05:00Comments on A Fresh Perspective on Economics: Featured Entry - Melé in MiamiAlex Osbornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06339415004177031988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146031547797573341.post-26014683625726259592007-01-22T20:32:00.000-05:002007-01-22T20:32:00.000-05:00That fight was definitely one of the fine examples...That fight was definitely one of the fine examples of preferential treatment for athletes. I learned that “there are no ethics in economics,” but this is the type of situation where good ethics now can result in better economics later. Like Canning explained, the players will not learn from this situation, and likely the organization behind the team will be viewed as being soft for not carrying out a punishment (especially for a situation so deserving of one). If this type of brawl goes unheeded, then what’s to say that when high school athletes with bad attitudes are looking at colleges, they won’t look at Miami as a place where they can get away with anything? For the most part, the NFL has it right, as it always does its best to preserve the sanctity of the game by placing suspensions on players (ex. Albert Haynesworth stepping on an opponent’s face, Shawne Merrimen taking steroids, one of many Cincinnati Bengals committing a felony). I’m pretty sure that the NFL is racking in some serious dough too. So the front office people at Miami may have thought that bad ethics would save the present time with their actions (which, to their credit, at least worked, as Miami played in and won the MPC Computers Bowl), but the future of the program is at stake, as Miami is likely on a now slippery slope downward to the point where the sponsors they were trying to keep will leave because they don’t want to represent such a scandalous organization.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386021913560280290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146031547797573341.post-75035294664605971252007-01-22T18:12:00.000-05:002007-01-22T18:12:00.000-05:00This was probably one of the most brutal fights in...This was probably one of the most brutal fights in football ever. Miami players will stomping on players and acting like delinquents. Suspending players for more than a game and missing a bowl game would greatly effect funding for the University of Miama. But as Alex said there as no lesson learned. If the university of Miami wants to turn around their football team they should have made an example out of their players. THe question on the bowl game is that yes schools make alot of their funding from it, but many private doners are probably turned off from contributing from the fight. Who wants to give money and support a program that lets players act like "thugs". So I personally think college football should have made an example out of Miami and suspended players more than a game. Short term Miami is benefiting, but ignoring this savage act of the team will only hurt the team in the long runAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com