On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Debbie Somers wrote:
 
> I don't mean to come across as a major cynic, but the color of the sky over
> Bowling Green must be different than most of the rest of the country.  For
> any college sport that incurs expenses, the relative importance of
> attendance is pretty high.
 
Not at all for most Division I schools.  Most schools with football and
basketball use those programs to fund the rest of their athletic
programs.  How else do you explain NCAA Synchronized Swimming, Cross
Country or Rowing?  There's absolutely no way that those programs can ever
hope to make a profit, break even, or come anywhere near breaking even.
As I sit here and consider the schools in the CCHA, for instance, the football
and basketball programs at Ohio State, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre
Dame, and maybe Bowling Green create enough revenue that if nobody went
to hockey games, the team would continue to exist.  Heck, at Ohio State,
they don't even seem to want anybody to go, with their 500 seat arena.
 
Have you considered the possibility that the sky in Stevens Point is a
different color than most of the rest of the country?
 
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