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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdude, post: 5264744, member: 13168"] I don't think it works to conflate regular scholarships with athletic ones, at least as far as the revenue-generating sports. My daughters went to private universities at almost no cost, simply due to academic achievements and qualifications. However, they earned nothing for the school while they were there. In actual fact, students cost a university money. Outside of major sports and medical research, departments lose money for a college. The hope is that the college generates superb citizens (and earners) who then return the favor by donating large sums of money. The athletes in the major sports start earning money for the institution from day one, and as is the case at UConn, by elevating the prestige of the university, allowing them to be more selective in their admissions (and fewer need based scholarships awarded.) The closest parallel would be the teaching graduate assistants, who get paid very little for teaching a course curriculum that the "star academic" designed. It's pretty common for graduate students to pick a program based on the fame of the professor in order to hopefully advance their own careers. [/QUOTE]