At least big league baseball admits that their farm teams are commercial enterprises. Pro football and basketball teams use colleges as their supply pipeline, and pretend they're "amateurs". The whole game of charades is based on a big lie!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!