Pro and college sports teams - how do they travel to games?
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Pro and college sports teams - how do they travel to games?
Just a silly little question:
NBA, NFL, etc and big college teams, how do they get to where they need to for games? Commercial? Charter? Private?
NBA, NFL, etc and big college teams, how do they get to where they need to for games? Commercial? Charter? Private?
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Most of the pro teams either charter or fly on their own team plane. College? Who cares. College is about education, not sports IMO. Not to drag this too off-topic, but I personally am sick and tired about college athletes getting the big, special treatment.
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except one could argue that colleges get more in return for having these athletes, since they don't have to pay them anything.
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For the most part, college athletes in the major sports (and I was one of them) are primadonnas and live high on the hog. I could give a rats a$$ if they traveled from game to game on a cargo plane filled with live goats. It all comes down to what the school can gain from having those athletes there. We're in a capitalist society. The premiere running back or quarterback with a 2.5 GPA is going to be far better compensated in school than the guy with a 3.9 that went to the same school and, one day, ends up being his boss.
The majority of the sportos end up in the business world...if they're lucky. The ones that didn't go pro, and had the silver spoon while in school, wind up working for a guy like me. The college pukes? F 'em.
Aside from their talent in school, they're just another guy with a resume.
So, when it comes to travel, the pros deserve the extra special treatment. We're all paying for it.
Last edited by oneant; Nov 10, 2007 at 1:16 am
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Some years ago, I boarded a EWR-DCA flight with my head down and noticed that the guy in the bulkhead was HUGE. It was John Thompson (Dad). As I looked up, all I saw down the aisle were legs. The Georgetown BB team was flying coach and nobody came close to fitting. I hope they've got appropriate charters by now.
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One could argue that. You're right. They may not get an actual salary (like a pro athlete), but they get more than their fair share of special treatment...mainly due to the amount of $$ brought in by the sport.
For the most part, college athletes in the major sports (and I was one of them) are primadonnas and live high on the hog. I could give a rats a$$ if they traveled from game to game on a cargo plane filled with live goats. It all comes down to what the school can gain from having those athletes there. We're in a capitalist society. The premiere running back or quarterback with a 2.5 GPA is going to be far better compensated in school than the guy with a 3.9 that went to the same school and, one day, ends up being his boss.
The majority of the sportos end up in the business world...if they're lucky. The ones that didn't go pro, and had the silver spoon while in school, wind up working for a guy like me. The college pukes? F 'em.
Aside from their talent in school, they're just another guy with a resume.
So, when it comes to travel, the pros deserve the extra special treatment. We're all paying for it.
For the most part, college athletes in the major sports (and I was one of them) are primadonnas and live high on the hog. I could give a rats a$$ if they traveled from game to game on a cargo plane filled with live goats. It all comes down to what the school can gain from having those athletes there. We're in a capitalist society. The premiere running back or quarterback with a 2.5 GPA is going to be far better compensated in school than the guy with a 3.9 that went to the same school and, one day, ends up being his boss.
The majority of the sportos end up in the business world...if they're lucky. The ones that didn't go pro, and had the silver spoon while in school, wind up working for a guy like me. The college pukes? F 'em.
Aside from their talent in school, they're just another guy with a resume.
So, when it comes to travel, the pros deserve the extra special treatment. We're all paying for it.
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I was on a Midwest flight where the jet looked like it must have been the charter jet for the Bucks. There was an assortment of seats, some rows were facing each other. My row had at least 5 feet of seat pitch. ^
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We flew to SAN at Christmas in 2001, and the University of Texas football team was on our flight, or a sizable () portion thereof. Given the short time since Sept 11, being on a plane with a bunch of very large, fit, young men was kind of reassuring. Nobody was going to take over that flight!
It was a regular AA mad dog.
It was a regular AA mad dog.