The cost of college sports

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<p>Who’d of thought you would lose money by winning a national collegiate championship?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.tbo.com/sports/MGBC6Q5M81F.html?imw=Y[/url]”>http://www.tbo.com/sports/MGBC6Q5M81F.html?imw=Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>haha wow, but i bet they receive a boost of applicants after winning both football and basketball championships</p>

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<p>Ya, they should be able to eat that cost. Their applications are going to be going through the roof.</p>

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<p>I fail to see how getting a lot of applicants justifies the cost. Applications don’t generate income except to pay part of the recruiting and admissions costs. Is is a good thing to attract students who want to watch semi-professional sports? Would it be better to look for more academically oriented students?</p>

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<p>UF already has tons of applications. Why didn’t they consider costs during the games? They could have done an on-line fundraising campaign, “send our team to Wash” or whatever.</p>

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<p>Usually this is just a fun with numbers exercise designed to get something. Most conferences have a share the wealth policy for bowl games, I would imagine the SEC does too.</p>

<p>Why are there accountants? so you can have fun with numbers.</p>

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<p>Let me see if I have this straight. Out of a $17 million payoff, UF only got $2,943,600? I wonder why that is? Oh yes, it’s because most of that $17 million is split between the other SEC teams. So then how does UF make up the short fall? Well the revenue door swings both ways. What the SEC takes away, it also giveth. What about the revenue UF got from SEC member LSU’s participation in the Sugar Bowl, another $17 million bowl? Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, and Arkansas also participated in bowl games as well. Overall, I think UF took in far more bowl money than it came up short for winning a national championship.</p>

<p>Here’s a more general article on the subject,
<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-12-06-bowl-payouts_x.htm[/url]”>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-12-06-bowl-payouts_x.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Please. Among other reasons (one of which is Florida Brights), UF selectivity is going through the roof. That’s a good thing, isn’t it? Popularity due to NCAA championships, back to back basketball and football…Hmmm…
Draws national attention- beautiful campus, excellent programs, friendly students, great climate, list goes on and on.
When I was a student, UF and other state universities were, well let’s say, exceptional students went OOS. NOW different story. Lots of contributing factors, sports is one.
If UF keeps it up, it will rival UNC, UVA, Michigan for public Ivy status, if it already doesn’t and we don’t know it yet.</p>

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<p>A lot of applications and hence an improved selectivity does not do anything to improve the school. Right now UF has an absolutely miserable student:faculty ratio of 24:1. Money spent on sports might be better used in increasing the faculty.</p>

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<p>As far as selectivity, FSU & USF have also benefited this year (as have many colleges around the country), so I don’t think it’s due to Gator sports. There is a bill that just passed the Florida legislature to raise tuition 40% (though Charlie may veto it), so maybe that’ll help increase quality.</p>

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<p>The NY SUNY schools are in need of the same remedy. Student:faculty ratios have reached 20 to 1 and many full time faculty have been replaced by adjuncts. We complain about the high cost of tuition, but when the tuition is only about 1/2 the cost of room and board, it is time to consider an increase. In state tuition is currently about $4K.</p>

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They’re not mutually exclusive, edad.</p>

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<p>I agree. Nor would I try to prove the argument that they are negatively correlated, but I do have my suspicions.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.ca/Beer-Circus-College-Sports-Crippling/dp/0805038647[/url]”>http://www.amazon.ca/Beer-Circus-College-Sports-Crippling/dp/0805038647&lt;/a&gt; and so do others.</p>

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<p>You might want to read through this before assuming thing. $2.5 Million = $50 Million endowment–not too shabby if they can keep it going.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2007/as-editorials-0228-editorial-7b27u2015.htm[/url]”>http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2007/as-editorials-0228-editorial-7b27u2015.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You also have to consider a recharged alumni who will start donating more money to the university.</p>