Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
by SideQuark on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @10:40PM
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A college like UW may have sports revenue on order of $300M, much of which goes to the university, and means students may pay less than if there were no sports. Dig carefully through UW finances, which are usually public record. Paying a coach whose program is a massive profit center enough to have a team of quality enough to land bigger TV deals may be a financial benefit.
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Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
by o11c on Thursday January 09, 2025 @02:53PM
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I always see people saying that sports is financially positive on its own, but my actual experience is a ~10% tuition hike to subsidize sports expansion, so ...
Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
by SideQuark on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:20PM
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Without knowing how much sports revenue offsets tuition, which I just showed you how to investigate, your 10% anecdote from millions of college students is irrelevant. Itβs both possible sports offsets your tuition by 30%, and later you saw a 10% raise, but until you compute that initial offset your 10% gripe is meaningless.