Perhaps from the University POV the point is less to not be wounded as to exact as high a possible cost for striking so that anyone involved and any future stri

Perhaps from the University POV the point is less to not be wounded as to exact as high a possible cost for striking so that anyone involved and any future strikers don't think they have anything to gain from it, even if the University has things to lose from their choices. Or to use a phrase that goes around these days: the cruelty is the point.