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Message: [QUOTE="Ozimoto, post: 3047225, member: 6677"] The whole college athletic model as it exists now makes no sense economically. It is certainly true that exposure for the school from the success (or not) of athletic teams helps with name exposure. Successful athletic teams "might" encourage general students to go to a particular school because they want to be part of the atmosphere surrounding successful athletic teams. However, I doubt that the economic impact to the overall health of the school is of any real significance. With the ridiculous cost of a college education, the success of sports teams is going to have even less impact on the number of general student applications a school receives. When my kids started looking at schools they thought the idea of going to a school with big time athletics would be a cool thing to do, but they quickly realized that what was most important was cost and the programs the school offered, not the school's success on the athletic field. At major programs, especially for football, the students can't attend the games easily (they get their tickets through a lottery system) as a large portion of the stadium seating is set aside for season ticket holders who have to pay a fee for the privilege of buying those season tickets. [/QUOTE]