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JT45242

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1. This will kill sports at most colleges

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:12 PM

Jun 2021

The overwhelming majority of colleges lose money hand over fist on athletics. Outside of the Big 10 there are only about a dozen teams that break even or better.

With conferences expanding geographically, the cost of transportation for the nonrevenue sports has exploded.

Just 10 years ago the university of Cincinnati lost over _5 million going to the orange bowl and more than 20 million total when they were in the big east.

The MAC, WAC, etc should just drop them all and cut costs for normal students

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NCAA amateurism is dead. Mayhem will fill the void [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 OP

This will kill sports at most colleges JT45242 Jun 2021 #1

One could easily see club type sports coming back with rurallib Jun 2021 #2

I agree this is not good for college sports SCantiGOP Jun 2021 #3

Wonder if those students in the other disciplines had full ride scholarships, tutors etc. aka-chmeee Jun 2021 #4

May not need tutors SCantiGOP Jun 2021 #5