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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I am the customer.  I am full-pay for multiple kids.  I get to choose who gets my money.  Others have the same choice.  If a school wants that money, they better provide the product I want.  Otherwise that money goes to their competitor.[/quote]

Ok, how much are you paying per year. How much is a football team making from season ticket holders, their conference's TV deal, even donors who only care about football or basketball? [/quote]

No school makes money on sports.  So why do it?  Who cares.[/quote]

LOLOL. You have not heard of the TV broadcast revenue share? [/quote]
When discussing sports in college, you can't combine Division 1 and Division III. Yes - the big conferences (you know the ones that participate in TV broadcast revenue share) are different regarding sports than a tiny division III school. Does Amherst's field hockey team bring in that much money for the school? How about their tennis team? How much is their football team pulling in? Dropping down some tiers - what about football at a school like Allegheny College or Wooster? How much are they bringing in? What about the golf teams at those schools? They bringing in anything?

You just can't compare the sports at say a University of North Carolina/University of Georgia/University of Maryland to sports at schools like Amherst/Wooster/etc. One is essentially minor leagues and the other is not.

I will say - one benefit to sports at some of these smaller, division 3 schools - it's a way to attract students that would otherwise not go to these schools. [/quote]

I was responding to the poster who said that no school makes money on sports. Obviously many do. Obviously I was not talking about fencing at Amherst. [/quote]

Wait, fencing at Amherst doesn't make money?  No wonder I have trouble scalping my tickets.[/quote]

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