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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5071620, member: 44"] Fully aware of this, for public institutions. Those costs are subsidized by the state legislature, who intern are influenced by athletics. Thus, universities see the wisdom in supporting athletics, because it promotes goodwill with the state legislature who provide a significant percentage of the universities annual income. Do you now see why it is in universities economic advantage to fund athletics. Seriously, this isn't hard stuff. You seem to have an attitude that every dollar spent on athletics would otherwise be spent on academics, and that's just wrong. If you eliminate athletics, I think it's very likely that the overall pie decreases significantly. [/QUOTE]