The answer, in most cases, is his college classmates. Something to think about the next time you/we obsess over the paltry size of baseball scholarships.
http://projects.huffingtonpost...a/sports-at-any-cost
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Thanks for posting.
Unfortunately(?), my son's college was mentioned in this article.
aren't college sports also generating Revenue? there are entrance fees and some games are even on TV. academic guys (nerds
) always criticise that the scholarship Money should not go into sports but if those scholarship athletes are bringing Revenue they also help the pure academic guys
Originally Posted by Dominik85:
aren't college sports also generating Revenue? there are entrance fees and some games are even on TV. academic guys (nerds) always criticise that the scholarship Money should not go into sports but if those scholarship athletes are bringing Revenue they also help the pure academic guys
The point of the article is that for the vast majority of programs, the revenue generated from the sports are not near enough to pay for the program. Once you leave the power 5 (i.e. Teams you watch on TV every Saturday), the program costs WAY more than they generate in income. And although the article talks about football, the other sports don't even come close to being self sustaining. Then when you get to D2, D3, JUCO and NAIA, there are no programs that are self sustaining.
So, no, for the vast majority of schools, TV revenue and ticket sales don't even come close.
All I really got from the artical was pick a school with a good football team. I thought the rest was common knowledge.