10-11-2013, 03:34 PM
10-11-2013, 05:08 PM
To assign the rise in out of state UA enrollment from 36% to 52% over three years to sports may not be due something as simple as the three BCS NCs. It may also be attributed to the decline of the ability of instate schools to provide adequate numbers of graduates after a half decade of greatest in the nation SETF per pupil cuts to our own public high schools. Look at the rising tuition costs at all state universities over the past 7 or 8 years. Add to that the out of state premium tuition (roughly twice instate costs) and the universities have a financial reason to encourage that shift.
All of that may not enter into the sports related liability question though. Only a couple dozen or so of the D1 programs make any money at all annually from their full range of athletic programs. If there is a class action lawsuit like the NFL is now dealing with, it could devastate the 80% or so schools for whom sports is not now a profitable enterprise.
All of that may not enter into the sports related liability question though. Only a couple dozen or so of the D1 programs make any money at all annually from their full range of athletic programs. If there is a class action lawsuit like the NFL is now dealing with, it could devastate the 80% or so schools for whom sports is not now a profitable enterprise.