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(04-14-2020 10:22 AM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  If the MAC schools drop to FCS, their contributions from donors possibly drops more than their savings realized from the move.

Say UC quit all subsidies to the athletic department, and the teams become mediocre or worse. People stop coming to campus, and stop donating to the university. Hard to quantify which gifts to the university would not come if the quality football and basketball went away, but my guess (since I can't quantify) is that UC loses out in the end. I KNOW admissions applications would drop.

MAC schools average roughly $2.1M in gifts directly to the athletics every year...that would be more than made up for. Applications would certainly drop for Cincinnati, a school where athletics is actually a draw, but I would expect a far more negligible drop in applications for schools like Akron, Toledo, Ball State, etc. since I don't think anyone outside of the student athletes come to UT for the sports.