[Statikk HDM]

If any of you guys live in Germany, maybe you can clarify this a bit. Anyhow, I was in German class and before it started(we usually have 4 or 5 minutes to just shoot the breeze with a professor before class starts) we were talking about sports. Basically, the teacher said something that was pretty shocking to us all: Most private schools and almost all public schools don't have sports. The kids just go in these private leagues called Bundes or whatever and the biggest ones are gymnastics, tennis and football. The more I thought about that the more it made sense. Why should people who don't give a rat's arse about high school sports(me and my mom) have to pay higher tuition costs, usually 100 dollars or more, to prop up the sports department? In college its even more ridiculous. They basically have a slave program going. Kids and government grants pay for it and the school rolls in the money from tickets, merchandising, people going there because of the sports program, etc. Its a potentially multimillion dollar situation, with some coaches earning money in the 6 to 7 didgit range. And the players, the ones making it all possible get a full ride or tuition assistance if they're lucky. What a crock of shit. And while everyone is creaming themselves over the cash money business that is college sports the other parts of the college like Science, Arts, or Computers departments are lucky if they don't get budget cuts. Sports should be private, period.