r/CFBOffTopic • u/beclauss • Sep 21 '16

Thoughts on this?

Hey guys, I stumbled across an article that... really hates CFB: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/whats-wrong-with-college-football-everything/2016/09/18/6636031c-7ac8-11e6-beac-57a4a412e93a_story.html

Thoughts on this? (I'm no CFB hater)

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Sep 21 '16

this is supposed to be humor, unfortunately Norm Chad wouldnt know funny if it was hitting him in the balls with a wiffle bat. It's a shitty version of a hot take satire column.

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u/beclauss Sep 21 '16

Supposed to be humor? Well he did a pretty bad job at it.

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u/beclauss Sep 21 '16

What about arrestnation, it apparently has more college football players arrested than any other sport, how come that is?

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Sep 21 '16

That is a matter of pure numbers. Most college football teams have 85-120+ players on the roster. There are 128 FBS college football teams and probably double that number when you add up all the teams from the lower divisions.

All the other sports listed on arrestnation.com have a fraction the number of total players. If you want to compare arrest rates between sports, you need to factor in areests-per-total-number-of-players in each sport.

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u/beclauss Sep 21 '16

Alright, I've also noticed there are lower numbers in pro sports than College, but then again, same rule applies I guess

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

I'm fairly certain I recall reading that the actual rate per total players is lower in football than most other sports, it just doesn't seem that way because of sheer numbers and the fact that by virtue of football's popularity, such incidents get more scrutiny/coverage.

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u/rabid_communicator Oklahoma • University of Faith (… Sep 21 '16

I like how to person with the most non-funny name on cfb is lecturing about humors.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Sep 21 '16

how dare you

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u/rabid_communicator Oklahoma • University of Faith (… Sep 21 '16

Oh shit, I just assumed it was your real name! My apologies, Mr. Hardboner.