When Conferences Invade other Conferences

[afan]

They get what they deserve, It seems every year a Conference tries to steal a power house team and get it. After time that conference has teams leave from them because they need the chance to compete. In the end the strongest become the weakest and the weakest get stronger. It is a lot like life. The bigger you become the more power you receive but in the end maintaining that power is what leads to civil unrest and eventually your demise.

[kudzu]

Amateur sports ainn't so amateur, are they ?

The NCAA is Big Business. And probably should be regulated as such.

[slapshot]

Amateur sports ainn't so amateur, are they ?

The NCAA is Big Business. And probably should be regulated as such.

So are churches....and so should they.

Just sayin'

[BiggSeth]

So are churches....and so should they.

Just sayin'

Where in the U.S. Constitution is the NCAA protected?

your comparison is invalid.

But if you want to take the tax exempt status from those churches who 'encouraged' their members to vote for obama......

[slapshot]

Where in the U.S. Constitution is the NCAA protected?

your comparison is invalid.

But if you want to take the tax exempt status from those churches who 'encouraged' their members to vote for obama......

Please.

Well, I was being sarcastic, but since you opened up this box, let's explore further:

The US Constitution does not guarentee tax exempt status to the Church, either. The fact remains, religion is BIG business....VERY big business:


"The Catholic church is as big as any company in America. Bankruptcy cases have shed some light on its finances and their mismanagement.

Little is known about the Catholic church’s finances outside America. JPMorgan Chase recently closed the Vatican Bank’s accounts under pressure from the US Treasury. The Holy See has also struggled to get itself placed on lists of jurisdictions that are deemed to have strong anti-money laundering controls. This may reflect bad organisation rather than a concerted attempt to hide anything, though documents leaked by Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler to an Italian journalist suggest that maladministration in the Vatican goes beyond mere negligence. But America, not least thanks to its bankruptcy procedures, provides a slightly clearer window on the church’s finances. And America is so important to the church that it merits particular examination.

The Economist estimates that annual spending by the church and entities owned by the church was around $170 billion in 2010 (the church does not release such figures). We think 57% of this goes on health-care networks, followed by 28% on colleges, with parish and diocesan day-to-day operations accounting for just 6% and national charitable activities just 2.7% (see chart). "


http://www.economist.com/node/21560536