<p>Colmom, I think you are wrong about Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and I would add Stanford-they care very much about their sports, spend alot on sports, and they field top 20 teams in probably more sports than schools like Florida and Ohio State. Difference is that its in sports that don’t make any money like swimming, fencing, soccer, golf, tennis. Sports is a big drag on finances at the schools you site, at schools like Florida football pays to cover all their sports programs, and on the other end schools like Notre Dame very definately have football programs that very generously fund scholarships for the entire student body.</p>