Socialism is, in many circles, a dirty word. It gets used to demonize any institutional program used to level the playing field, as if the unfettered accumulation of wealth by an elite class is somehow better.
You're thinking this is a sudden and unwelcome political rant, but it's actually about something far more relevant to us: the NCAA. The other day here in Oklahoma, radio host Jim Traber went on a bit of a screed about how the NCAA is a socialist institution.
Traber's main argument revolved around the 85-scholarship limit for FBS football, and how that limit is only in place as -- wait for it -- a socialist measure.