Service Academy Athletics Suspended by Shutdown

[zyxt9]

I get that most of the service academy athletics do not generate revenue and dip into "appropriated funds" for the games; it is just another sad chapter in the government shutdown.

Army v BC and Air Force v Navy are potentially not going to be played. Some sporting events have already been canceled.

The one that makes the least sense though is AF v Navy, because Navy Football uses "unappropriated" funds such as ticket sales and TV revenue to operate the stadium. Maybe the problem is the transportation of AF to Annapolis. Regardless, the last government shutdown had an exemption for the academies athletics; hopefully this one will as well.

Who cares? That's what many are probably thinking. Just think if some stupid administration budget issue shut down UM or MSU or any other / all college sports. Don't say it will never happen because in this day and age of financial craziness, there is potential for any school, no matter how big, to mis-manage their funds and cause the institution to go bankrupt. Or are universities "too big to fail" and would get subsidized by the government? Well, provided the government isn't shutdown...oops!

 

[Michchamp]

I get that most of the service academy athletics do not generate revenue and dip into "appropriated funds" for the games; it is just another sad chapter in the government shutdown.

Army v BC and Air Force v Navy are potentially not going to be played. Some sporting events have already been canceled.

The one that makes the least sense though is AF v Navy, because Navy Football uses "unappropriated" funds such as ticket sales and TV revenue to operate the stadium. Maybe the problem is the transportation of AF to Annapolis. Regardless, the last government shutdown had an exemption for the academies athletics; hopefully this one will as well.

Who cares? That's what many are probably thinking. Just think if some stupid administration budget issue shut down UM or MSU or any other / all college sports. Don't say it will never happen because in this day and age of financial craziness, there is potential for any school, no matter how big, to mis-manage their funds and cause the institution to go bankrupt. Or are universities "too big to fail" and would get subsidized by the government? Well, provided the government isn't shutdown...oops!

i guess that could happen if there were any public universities that get a substantial amount of their operating budgets from the federal government (like the service academies).

where the pinch will eventually be felt for them will be when students stop paying their tuition bills because they don't get their loan $$$... the student loan business is primarily a federal budget issue.

 

[tomdalton22]

They should suspend pay for all federal employees until this gets resolved including congress. From what I have read once this gets resolved even the people that got sent home will get what they would have made if they were working. So here is the message....go home but once you get back to work we will pay you for sitting on your ass! I guess it would be like the normal day for a federal employee except that they will be sitting on their asses doing nothing at home vs. at "work"!

 

[Michchamp]

They should suspend pay for all federal employees until this gets resolved including congress. From what I have read once this gets resolved even the people that got sent home will get what they would have made if they were working. So here is the message....go home but once you get back to work we will pay you for sitting on your ass! I guess it would be like the normal day for a federal employee except that they will be sitting on their asses doing nothing at home vs. at "work"!

if they suspended pay for all military brass (generals, admirals, etc.) and the CIA, NSA, etc. I bet you'd suddenly see a lot of "dirt" getting revealed on the guys in congress responsible, and things would get resolved a lot quicker.

 

[zyxt9]

if they suspended pay for all military brass (generals, admirals, etc.) and the CIA, NSA, etc. I bet you'd suddenly see a lot of "dirt" getting revealed on the guys in congress responsible, and things would get resolved a lot quicker.

I'm good with that but I think there is so much dirt it would require decades for the media to report it even 24c7 with max length per report set to 15 seconds.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I'm good with that but I think there is so much dirt it would require decades for the media to report it even 24c7 with max length per report set to 15 seconds.

Is that like Andy Warhol's fifteen seconds of fame?