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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]They can’t get rid of athletic preferences or they won’t be able to field a team.  It makes no sense.[/b]

I still don’t see how colleges won’t be able to still keep doing it with.holistic admissions .  The whole process is such a random crapshoot anyway,  [/quote]

Maybe sports really shouldn't be that important to colleges.  Much better things to spend the money on. [/quote]

It's customer-driven, and you don't get to decide where I should spend my money.[/quote]

what customer?  if they want to be business, they should pay taxes like businesses and don't get any State/Federal supports[/quote]

This is a great idea. Make colleges pay taxes on their property and their endowments.[/quote]

and profit from the sports[/quote]

Dude -- there is no profit from sports.  If football has a profit it pays for other sports.  If you tax football then they get a credit for the other sports and they still would not pay.[/quote]

Last year the SEC distributed $55 million to member schools. That's just conference money. 60,000+ seat stadiums are the norm for large schools (Ohio Stadium has a 104,000 seat capacity) and good programs can sell every ticket the can print. These schools are not losing money, it's the schools that like to pretend they are in that echelon that are losing money[/quote]

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