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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 2630433, member: 504"] While I don’t agree with her conclusions for UConn, the U of Chicago which was an original B10 member, (but not a public university) dropped football for a few decades but did revive or start several sports at the D3 level. As good a university as exists. At UConn, there is little doubt that the success of the basketball programs drew attention from a lot of applicants outside of CT, a large % with credentials above the average applicant and are still a big part of the schools improved academic reputation. It’s been a plus and helped bring in more grant money. The downside for state residents is it’s not all a plus. The % of non residents is about 30% up from what used to be typically about 10%. Obviously some state kids who might have gotten into UConn several years ago won’t now and are forced into one of the less prestigious state schools, or maybe financially worse, enter as non-residents at non CT state schools or much more expensive private schools. One thing I think is true, is that when UConn was not so big time in the Yankee Conference, a lot of the rivalries were much more interesting than what we have now but certainly not at the Big East level The Yancon programs were probably much less expensive to run. Of course Title IX also has had an impact, which maybe combined with other factors, causing some schools to eliminate some sports. The point is, that school spirit was at least where it is now despite the main rivals being URI and UMass with regular beat downs of the northern state universities. I’m not sure that big time sports necessarily translates to more school spirit, but in UConns case definitely positively impacted academics. [/QUOTE]

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