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I thought sports were mainly profit centers.
by dec0dedab0de 12y ago
I thought sports were mainly profit centers.
- cheepin 12y agoNot exactly true: http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Myth-College-Sports-Are-a-Cash-Cow2.aspx http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Myth-College-Sports-Ar...
- tomsthumb 12y agoOnly for certain, usually large, schools
- bilbo0s 12y agoOnly for the major unis. For everyone else... I'm pretty sure sports COSTS money. That said... keeping a few young ladies running track can't possibly be the cause of the imbalance people are talking about. I'm pretty sure the money is sucked up by administrative and non instructional staff. But without the spreadsheets it is difficult to say anything with certainty.
- InclinedPlane 12y agoNot usually. Most colleges don't have popular enough teams to turn a profit. And at the ones that do most of the profit ends up being spent on the sports teams (popular teams need big, modern, expensive stadiums). Almost no money flows from sports to education. At best there's an argument that sports helps drive enrollment and helps drive alumni donations. Though even then because of the cost of most sports programs it's questionable whether or not they break even on average.