Let's keep cutting men's sports. Hey.... it's the economy now, not Title IX.
I find this reasoning amusing.
John Smith
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NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for Future Cuts
Author: ASA News
Blog URL: allstudentathletes.com/.../ncaabrandtitleix
Description:
Brand expects some schools to drop men's teams in coming months because
of the economic downturn. He is urging them in advance to cite the
economy, not the law that bans sex discrimination at schools receiving
federal funds.
I have heard this said many times, that being successful in "major" sports increases fundraising. But other than simple assertions that it is so -- such as the one you reference -- I have not seen actual studies showing it to be true...which doesn't mean there are none. Do you know of any?
I imagine, but don't know, that it makes alums feel soft and mushy and gives them a reason to go back to campus for games and recall days of their youth, so they open their wallets when the university solicits them for Annual Fund and endowments. At the Ivies, it is the intellectual capital and business success for which alums are grateful, allowing them to become rich as Croesus. They go to games with same soft spot, but pockets are controlled by other side of the brain - and are often deeper.
How institutions deploy their funding might be closely held information. Or perhaps it can be discerned from the annual report. The public face is that "football matters"; but the sport might indirectly be underwriting a new nursing school or library (via direct solicitations of ticket holders, president's dinners, "Friends of" groups).
I'd certainly like to see some studies, too. Perhaps Craig, with experience in nonprofits, knows?
I have heard this said many times, that being successful in "major" sports increases fundraising. But other than simple assertions that it is so -- such as the one you reference -- I have not seen actual studies showing it to be true...which doesn't mean there are none. Do you know of any?
I imagine, but don't know, that it makes alums feel soft and mushy and gives them a reason to go back to campus for games and recall days of their youth, so they open their wallets when the university solicits them for Annual Fund and endowments. At the Ivies, it is the intellectual capital and business success for which alums are grateful, allowing them to become rich as Croesus. They go to games with same soft spot, but pockets are controlled by other side of the brain - and are often deeper.
How institutions deploy their funding might be closely held information. Or perhaps it can be discerned from the annual report. The public face is that "football matters"; but the sport might indirectly be underwriting a new nursing school or library (via direct solicitations of ticket holders, president's dinners, "Friends of" groups).
I'd certainly like to see some studies, too. Perhaps Craig, with experience in nonprofits, knows?
