Fw: [Vision2020] Football

[Brent Capener]

     Tim makes a good, but I feel one sided point.  His post disregards the
fact that the huge flow
of money to sports (football) does alienate some of the academia minded
alumni, thus reducing these
contributions.Why send $50 to the college of engineering knowing that a cool
million will be diverted
 from essentially the same pot for football?  After all, isn't the first and
foremost mission of a real university education?
     Sure, I enjoy a good game of college football, just like most people.
But I believe that college
football should be precisely that, not pro football in disguise.

Brent Capener


----- Original Message ----- >
> But if a program IS losing money, I guess the question
> would come down to the bottom line. Does it makes more
> sense to subsidize and keep alumni contributions
> flowing OR alienate alumni by cutting the football
> budget--thereby insuring that giving from sports
> minded alumni slows to a trickle?
>         TL