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Message: [QUOTE="ivrytontusker, post: 2516753, member: 6648"] This is laughable. I guess students would be well-advised to pick Iowa over Duke or Wake Forest, because getting an Iowa degree is really getting a degree from Northwestern? In fact, big-time sports increase revenue and applications, which makes it possible for a school to become more selective. See, e.g., Alabama since Saban showed up, or UConn the past 20 years. Maryland averaged 39,000 fans at FB games last year; Louisville 54,000. Maryland averaged 16,000 fans at MBB games last year; Louisville averaged 20,000. I used to live in DC, and I can tell you that it is not a college sports mecca. Most of the sports fans in the region are either not from the area and root for some other team or are only interested in pro sports. The Caps are bigger than Maryland sports in DC. [/QUOTE]