I hate to contradict J michael publicly, but his misunderstanding on
this point is egregious at best.  Typically, public higher education
is funded in part by the institution receiving funding from the state
to augment the lower tuition rates received by in state residents.
 
The product all students receive is identical.
The cost to the athletic department of the scholarship is NOT identical.
        For out of state students the university receives
                $16,000 roughly from either the student
                        or whoever is paying the bills
        For in state students the university receives
                $7,000 roughly from state funds IRRESPECTIVE of
                        whether or not the student is an athlete
                $9,000 roughly from either the student
                        or whoever is paying the bills
        so the athletic department saves roughly $7000 a head by recruiting
        in state. This burden is transferred to the taxpayers who are
        funding the in state subsidy for a public education.
Also, scholarship dollars for athletics generally are no more
phantom dollars than national merit scholarship dollars.  The dollars
come from somewhere.
 
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> Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:24:12 -0500
> From: Eeyore <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Re: More fuel for Minnesota Only Recruit
>
> Kevin Ames wrote:
>
> > The Gophers' men's hockey team, which begins practice this
> > afternoon at Mariucci Arena, has 22 players who share 18 full
> > scholarships. An in-state (residence) athletic tender at the
> > University of Minnesota is worth $9,355 a year. A nonresident
> > tender is worth $16,255 a year. Because the Gophers recruit and
> > tender only Minnesota residents, savings to the athletic
> > department is considerable.  Do the math....
>
> What a bogus statistic.  The product the student is receiving is
> identical in each case.  The difference reflects what the student
> would pay _if_ he were actually paying anything, but since he isn't
> it's a moot point.  I suppose it might make a difference in internal
> accounting between the athletic department, but as a Minnesota
> taxpayer (and one who _did_ pay the higher out-of-state tuition) I
> will never feel any difference.  And if you really want to
> complicate this, the athletic department should really be
> recruiting Wisconsin kids.  By the formula through which the
> tuition-reciporcity between Minnesota and Wisconsin is figured,
> cheeseheads pay lower tuition than in-state students, so the sports
> programs would save even more phantom money by only taking them.
>
> J. Michael Neal
 
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