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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you willing to share the sport ?

Is it a revenue (basketball or football) sport ?[/quote]

Depending on the school other sports are plus revenue sports.  Hockey is a revenue sport, as is softball at a growing number of universities.

The two you mentioned are certainly revenue sports but the way of thinking that they are the only two are outdated.[/quote]

Hard to believe that softball is a revenue sport; can you name some schools where this is true ? TIA

Same for "hockey". Is that ice hockey or field hockey ?[/quote]

Continuing:

While I understand that any sport can generate revenue through ticket sales, concessions, & TV revenue, my understanding is that, typically, all sports other than football & basketball need funding beyond the revenue generated by that sport. Often college football funds the overwhelming majority of an athletics dept. budget.[/quote]

Men’s ice hockey is huge in the Minnesota / Michigan area and the New England area .

The Boston Beanpot is played every year at TD Garden and it’s top hockey teams BC, BU.  and Northeastern play.  The fourth team is Harvard, although they aren’t in the same conference and there are better New England teams it’s a tradition.  [/quote]

Hockey players start college at 23. Redshirt in HS. Farm league for a year or two…then college scholarship.  And best if you are at a prep school. [/quote]

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