Actually, I support merit based college athletics so good students who are talented athletes have the opportunity to earn a degree.  Football however violates every principle of college athletics - administrations pass it off as a form of social welfare, it is violent and causes permanent brain damage and deterioration, it is all male from players to coaches to staff, there are huge facilities costs, their full ride scholarships are worth well more than more deserving students, they often require remedial education and tutoring, are directed into basket weaving type of degrees, and they are even talking about  paying them (increasing losses even more) while other NCAA athletes are forbidden from accepting money - think Olympic swimmers and track athletes etc that could earn millions.  Football takes away from women's sports and individual male sports.  They love to call it a "revenue" sport but fail to acknowledge which direction the revenue is going - into the money pit of football.