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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oddly, schools like BU, NEU, and Tufts are probably in a better place with respect to sports than BC.  While BC, for now, plays in the P5, conference, the P2 is gobbling up all the resources.  Athletes playing football or basketball are essentially pros now, with the advent of NIL. Vandy, BC, Wake, etc. can't compete in that arena.  So they are left in a sort of nether layer, between sucking at big time sports and having the veneer of academics still the main mission of the school.  In no way does the calculus favor academics.

BU, Tufts and NEU don't even have to navigate that problem.[/quote]
Compare the athletic department budgets/professional sports league prospects of those at Vandy, BC, Wake vs. the other Boston schools.[/quote]

I would rather be an NEU or BU right now than BC with respect to athletics. With BC you are half pro sports/paying athletes and half a university paying to get an education. If you long to fight with Ohio State, Michigan, Florida, USC, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson, FSU, etc. you are going to have to go the pro route.  And spend a ton of money to have what is essentially a minor league pro sport's team.[/quote]

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