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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by um_ya on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:13PM (#20914206)
To be fair, football and basketball coaches bring in more money to the school. Paying a teacher more doesn't necessarily equate to more money in the school's pocket.
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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by smt88 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:18PM (#20914227)
Football and basketball coaches likely help the school lose money. Almost zero US college sports programs are profitable[1].

Also, since when does a university have to justify its teaching quality by its profitability? That's the reason the school exists and why it has non-profit status...

1. http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/athlet...

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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by joshuamorton on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:47PM (#20914321)
*directly. Sports programs help with recruiting and alumni fundraising. Both of which are profit centers.
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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by smt88 on Sunday September 08, 2019 @11:13PM (#20914924)
How do you study that exactly? How can you know that your losses on sports are covered by your gains in recruiting and fundraising?

All the wealthiest schools are known for their academics, not their sports.

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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by joshuamorton on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:12AM (#20915887)
Schools recruit and fundraise betterin years with/after more successful football seasons.

If you know how you fundraise at 6-6 vs 11-2, you can quantify the value of a coach who brings you 3 extra wins each season.

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Re:When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says by rhizome on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:28PM (#20914265)
Cool, and they wouldn't be doing anything without the school, so the money should go to the school's general fund.
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