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INDIANAPOLIS -- As part of sweeping changes stemming from a Presidential retreat in August, an NCAA working group will
recommend to the organization's Board of Directors that FBS-level football scholarships be cut from 85 to 80 starting in 2014.
The proposal was among the most controversial to be discussed at a Division I session Friday morning at the annual NCAA convention,
with several school leaders quite outspoken about the issue.

"What you see with these proposals is an effort to restrain spending at the expense of student-athletes," Harvey Perlman,
chancellor of Nebraska, said. "The working group says if you reduce scholarships and other expenses you can reallocate it to other
things for student-athletes. But the problem is, I don't know of an athletic department that won't spend every penny it has.
"I just think this is bad publicity and I think it's bad policy."

Georgia president Dr. Michael Adams chaired the group responsible and was put in the precarious position of leading the
charge of several unpopular measures."Of all the things I've done the last 30 years at the NCAA, this is the most unpopular.
I have the scars to show for it," Adams said. "There's a notion that we are a runaway train in Division I with less regard for
student-athletes than the people who are making the exorbitant salaries. We need to put a stake down somewhere."
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At **** near every school the football program is the only sports program that makes a profit. ****, I even saw a couple years back or maybe last year that even Duke basketball had a negative profit margin. Why would you want to weaken your cash cow?
 
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[TD="width: 42"]Rank[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]School[/TD]
[TD="width: 110"]Revenue[/TD]
[TD="width: 106"]Expenses[/TD]
[TD="width: 110"]Profit[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Texas (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$93,942,815[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$25,112,331[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$68,830,484[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Georgia (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$70,838,539[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$18,308,654[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$52,529,885[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Penn State Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$70,208,584[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$19,780,939[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$50,427,645[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Michigan (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$63,189,417[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$18,328,233[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$44,861,184[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Florida (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$68,715,750[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$24,457,557[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$44,258,193[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Louisiana State Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$68,819,806[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$25,566,520[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$43,253,286[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Alabama (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$71,884,525[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$31,118,134[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$40,766,391[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Tennessee (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$56,593,946[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,357,345[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$39,236,601[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Auburn Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$66,162,720[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$27,911,713[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$38,251,007[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]10[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Oklahoma (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$58,295,888[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$20,150,769[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$38,145,119[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of South Carolina (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$58,266,159[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$22,794,211[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$35,471,948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]12[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Notre Dame (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$64,163,063[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$29,490,788[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$34,672,275[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]13[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Nebraska (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$49,928,228[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,843,849[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$32,084,379[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]14[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Ohio State Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$63,750,000[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$31,763,036[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$31,986,964[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Iowa (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$45,854,764[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$18,468,732[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$27,386,032[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]16[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Michigan State Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$44,462,659[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,468,458[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$26,994,201[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Arkansas (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$48,524,244[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$22,005,104[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$26,519,140[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Texas A&M (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$41,915,428[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$16,599,798[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$25,315,630[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Kentucky (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$31,890,572[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$13,905,724[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$17,984,848[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]20[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Oklahoma State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$32,787,498[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$15,479,410[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$17,308,088[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]21[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Louisville (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$25,890,003[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$9,089,769[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,800,234[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]22[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Wisconsin (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$38,662,971[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$22,041,491[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,621,480[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]23[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Mississippi (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$28,409,774[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$11,920,510[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,489,264[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]24[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]West Virginia University (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$29,467,612[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$14,330,236[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$15,137,376[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]25[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Minnesota (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$32,322,688[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,433,699[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,888,989[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]26[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Virginia Tech (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$31,155,870[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$16,302,767[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,853,103[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]27[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Washington (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$33,919,639[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$19,207,560[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,712,079[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]28[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Clemson Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$30,994,503[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$16,305,528[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,688,975[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]29[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Duke (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$26,667,056[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$12,286,475[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,380,581[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]30[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Illinois (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$25,301,783[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$11,092,122[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,209,661[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]31[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]North Carolina (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$20,551,168[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,647,459[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,903,709[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]32[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Colorado (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$26,233,929[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$12,558,503[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,675,426[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]33[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Arizona (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$19,285,038[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$5,806,535[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,478,503[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]34[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Ohio St. (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,190,723[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$4,554,908[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,635,815[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]35[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Missouri (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$25,378,066[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$13,759,649[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,618,417[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]36[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]North Carolina State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$22,018,738[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$10,408,938[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,609,800[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]37[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Arizona State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$29,587,236[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,977,987[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,609,249[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]38[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Texas Tech (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$26,201,009[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$14,688,382[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,512,627[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]39[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Oregon (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$29,505,906[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$18,071,012[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,434,894[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]40[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Arizona (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$24,398,253[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$13,685,931[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,712,322[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]41[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Syracuse University (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$18,309,470[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$8,086,376[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,223,094[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]42[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Wisconsin (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$17,666,311[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$7,539,418[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,126,893[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]43[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Illinois (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$14,413,222[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$4,980,589[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$9,432,633[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]44[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Georgia Tech (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$24,870,064[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$15,519,206[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$9,350,858[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]45[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Indiana Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$21,783,185[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$12,822,779[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$8,960,406[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]46[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Indiana (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,570,158[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$7,653,945[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$8,916,213[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]47[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Arkansas (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$15,515,830[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,839,213[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$8,676,617[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]48[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Southern California (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$29,080,117[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$20,820,468[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$8,259,649[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]49[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Minnesota (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,733,316[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$5,692,149[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$8,041,167[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]50[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Michigan St. (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$16,138,167[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$8,250,450[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,887,717[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]51[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of North Carolina (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$22,077,550[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$14,788,287[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,289,263[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]52[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]North Carolina State (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,354,157[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$3,104,152[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,250,005[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]53[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Oregon State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$19,056,237[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$11,981,026[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,075,211[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]54[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Pittsburgh (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,117,849[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,046,724[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,071,125[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]55[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of California, Los Angeles (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$22,298,856[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$15,261,681[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$7,037,175[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]56[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Northwestern Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$22,704,959[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$15,733,548[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,971,411[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]57[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]West Virginia University (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,306,654[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,377,761[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,928,893[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]58[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Tennessee (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$13,301,579[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,478,312[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,823,267[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]59
[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ. of Miami (Football)
[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$24,631,029
[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$17,863,218[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,767,811
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]60[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]University of Texas (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$15,602,348[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$8,887,250[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,715,098[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]61[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Iowa State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$19,974,924[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$13,368,441[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,606,483[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]62[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Kansas State (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$17,570,624[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$11,157,789[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,412,835[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]63[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Purdue Univ. (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$18,118,898[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$11,821,265[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,297,633[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]64[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of Washington (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$11,481,376[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$5,372,380[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,108,996[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]65[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of California, Los Angeles (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$12,353,487[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$6,277,088[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$6,076,399[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]66[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Univ of California, Berkeley (Football)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$24,421,437[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$18,519,523[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$5,901,914[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]67[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Northwestern (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,048,801[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$4,158,854[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$5,889,947[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]68[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Marquette (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110"]$13,877,475[/TD]
[TD="width: 106"]$8,185,030[/TD]
[TD="width: 110"]$5,692,445[/TD]
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[TD="width: 42, align: right"]69[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Maryland (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$10,739,282[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$5,160,381[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$5,578,901[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 42, align: right"]70[/TD]
[TD="width: 218"]Georgia Tech (Basketball)[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$9,143,914[/TD]
[TD="width: 106, align: right"]$3,873,987[/TD]
[TD="width: 110, align: right"]$5,269,927[/TD]
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I was under the assumption that very few athletic programs overall turn a profit because of title IX. The football programs make a profit but they are forced to dump a lot of money into other womens sports programs to even out the scholarships to make it represent the male/female ratio of the university.
 
Just let the top twenty pull their football programs out of the NCAA, and see how fast this crap changes.

Pull the top forty football programs out of the NCAA sanctioned activities and go alone, and some folks in the NCAA will vapor lock on the spot.

It's the do-nothings and have-nothings that may go along with this crap.

So, let the money take itself down the road.

End of problem.
 
decleated said:
INDIANAPOLIS -- "What you see with these proposals is an effort to restrain spending at the expense of student-athletes," Harvey Perlman,
chancellor of Nebraska, said. "The working group says if you reduce scholarships and other expenses you can reallocate it to other
things for student-athletes. But the problem is, I don't know of an athletic department that won't spend every penny it has.
"I just think this is bad publicity and I think it's bad policy."

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LOL at the Nebraska chancellor being amongst the crowd pushing for scholarship reductions.
I bet you the vast majority of the schools that want this come from states where they have relatively local prep talent, and
thus a bigger share of the kids from Cal, Texas, Florida and other big football states.
What a bunch of self-serving tripe, especially from someone representing a school that makes a ton of money.
 
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This makes no sense. Schools aren't going broke with the extra 5 football scholarships, but every time you lower this amount of scholarships out there, you run the risk of forcing younger/less ready players on the field and increase the chance of them getting hurt, as well as putting out a lesser quality product. I realize it would probably level the playing field even more than it already is by spreading the talent out, but it would also force come coaches to get cutthroat with players not living up to expectations and cutting cut.....so overall, i don't see a benefit to it at this point.

Oh, and again the big public universities would benefit b/c they have a much easier time getting walkons.....if there was a scholarship reduction, the first kids to feel it would be kickers. Those kids can walk-on at a 10-15k per year state school a lot easier than a 40k private one.
 
PSU Cane said:
This makes no sense. Schools aren't going broke with the extra 5 football scholarships, but every time you lower this amount of scholarships out there, you run the risk of forcing younger/less ready players on the field and increase the chance of them getting hurt, as well as putting out a lesser quality product. I realize it would probably level the playing field even more than it already is by spreading the talent out, but it would also force come coaches to get cutthroat with players not living up to expectations and cutting cut.....so overall, i don't see a benefit to it at this point.

Oh, and again the big public universities would benefit b/c they have a much easier time getting walkons.....if there was a scholarship reduction, the first kids to feel it would be kickers. Those kids can walk-on at a 10-15k per year state school a lot easier than a 40k private one.
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Exactly.
This is nothing but a ploy from the presidents of the large state schools that have relatively low tuition, and have to rely on recruiting out-of-state talent.
Schools like Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa States, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kansas, Kansas States,etc.

Unfortunately, I can envision the dumbass leadership at the UM championing this proposal in order to save some bucks.
 
It's about the students first, so let's have less students. What BS. The southpark episode got it right when they said the NCAA is origanized slavery. I don't think it is that extreme, but student athletes are basically forced through such strict restrictions to have nothing, and they make millions for their labor. It is complete BS.
 
hcanes100 said:
It's about the students first, so let's have less students. What BS. The southpark episode got it right when they said the NCAA is origanized slavery. I don't think it is that extreme, but student athletes are basically forced through such strict restrictions to have nothing, and they make millions for their labor. It is complete BS.
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I wonder why so many of these kids choose slavery. :confused:

They don't have to take a football scholarship. They could try the path of every other high school graduate in the country. Lots of luck with that.
 
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On balance, when the NCAA went from unlimited to 93 scholarship football players. It did wonders for college football. For the 1st time Texas couldnt quietly recruit all of the top 10 HS QBs without them knowing about the other ones until they got on campus. OU would recruit every linebacker available just to bury them on their roster so other schools couldnt get them.


Then the NCAA went from 93 to 85 scholarship football athletes (in the early 90's, IIRC). That led to the growth of the mid-major teams. The overall sport of CFB gained in value from that move.

If they go from 85 to 80, I expect it to bring more parity to the sport, which will most likely force the hand of those who want a playoff system.
 
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