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A comment on Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of legacy status in admissions. Parent comment

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by Brusco_RF on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:59PM (#36790549)
Because now you have a $100M stadium that you only paid $40M for. That stadium generates revenue. You just need to make sure the numbers work
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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by davewashere on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:31PM (#36791085)
This is lower tier D1 baseball in the Northeast, so revenue is going to be minimal.
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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by pc86 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @04:48PM (#36793103)
> You just need to make sure the numbers work

The entire point of this thread is that universities aren't doing that, because they're accepting $100 million donations with quarter-billion dollar lifetime price tags tied with them.

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