FOOTBALL --- MEDICAL RESEARCH
For football fans December
21, 2013 through January 6,
2014 are the best of times. Millions will crowd into 35 college football
stadiums to watch thousands of the most talented athletes from 70 colleges
compete in America
The top 5 games are referred to as the Bowl Championship
Series (BCS) in which the top ranked 10 college teams in America
$94 million is the expected total payout from these 5 BCS
Bowl games
94,000 spectators will attend the 2014 championship game.
The end zone seats at the championship game sell for $325.00
to $385.00.
A 4 day 3 night package for single occupancy is advertised
for $6,799.00 and $5,849.00 per person for double occupancy.
Businesses for this year’s championship game will pay as
high as $10 million for a 30 second TV commercial
Last year’s revenue from the 5 BCS games--$202.5 million.
The average cost of purchasing a ticket online last year was
$3,398.00.
Bowl games are directed by coaches who are paid some of the
highest salaries in America
College football is big business which involve millions of
Americans and billions of their dollars.
“There are those who fight disease day and night, who assist
mankind in times of despair and agony and who preside over the awesome events
of life and death. Others work in the quiet detachment of the laboratory; their
names are often unknown to the general public,
but their research may have momentous consequences.” Wisdom Magazine 195
In 1952 3,145 Americans died and 21,269 suffered disabling
paralysis from polio. Millions of people
are alive today, perhaps some who are reading this article, because Dr Salk
developed the polio vaccine.
Dr Jonas Salk dedicated his life to finding a cure for
polio. Dr. Salk did medical research, at
the University of Pittsburg America
In the U.S in 2010 597,689 people died of heart disease,
574,743 died from cancer, 138,080 died from respiratory disease, and 129,476
died from stroke.
SHOULD FINDING A CURE FOR HEART DISEASE ,
AMERICA
How many of the 70 colleges participating in the 35 bowl
game series devote as much space to
medical laboratories as they devote to football stadiums; hire medical
scientists to find the cure for deadly diseases at a salary of more than $5
million dollars and spend millions of dollars on medical research.
How many of the businesses that pay $10 million for a 30
second commercial at a bowl game every year have created a foundation to find
the cure for heart disease and will contribute $10 million yearly to that
foundation?
How many individuals who pay $300 for a ticket in the end
zone will contribute that amount to a foundation working to find a cure for
cancer?
How many individuals who spend hundred of hours glued to
their TV sets watching football bowl games will spend that many hours
collecting funds for foundations working on the cure for diseases?
How many football players upon graduation will do medical
research at an average wage of $86,710.00 or will play in the NFL where the
average salary is $1.9 million a year or become a coach and earn more than $5
million a year?
To find the cure for cancer and other deadly diseases are
Americans willing to devote as much time and resources to medical research as
they devote to football and 35 bowl games?
Your life may depend upon the answer.
Will people with the skills of a Nick Saban dedicate their
lives to medical research and work for an average wage of $86,710.00? The lives of your children and grandchildren
may depend upon the answer.
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