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Message: [QUOTE="The Yakk, post: 5048851, member: 9988"] Kudos for trying to make the actual numbers work, but I doubt any investor would be interested in your scenarios. Too much uncertainty and not a high enough return. Most of the "finance guys" in this discussion at least seem to agree with that. The investors sniffing around this space are thinking a lot bigger. They are not interested in investing in the athletic departments or the conferences; they want to own [B]the schools themselves[/B]. People are never going to stop spending money to send their kids to Big Midwestern University, or so they believe. The reason your fellow finance guys refuse to see it is because they are hung up on what they learned in b-school. Like, "the schools are non-profit and how can someone make a profitable equity investment in a non-profit?" But I guarantee, none of that stuff is going to stop the investors. Personally, I doubt there will ever be an actual deal that gets done. I think the various school presidents and trustees will be smart enough to avoid being plundered, and without the plunder I don't see the investor interest. But who knows? [/QUOTE]