• azuth@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Why do you think OP is not aware that there are costs to be paid but merely disagrees with using sports as a way to pay for it?

    You even used the word Utopian. Well most universities are not financed via sports even non public ones. Far from Utopian.

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      5 months ago

      A society which charges students to acquire knowledge values neither.

      Because this is literally what he said. He never mentioned sports, just charging in general.

      I understand his sentiment, but it’s not practical.

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        4 months ago

        Charging students ≠ paying for the education through taxation as a public good

        It must be practical as it is the normal way university works in much of the industrial world

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          5 months ago

          Yes I think we both agree with that. It was a misinterpretation on my part of OP arguments: no charging at all vs charging students