Re: Scholarship cost

[MC72642]

In a message dated 12/3/2004 5:31:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
address@hidden writes:

The  exchange of monies for tuition between the athletic department and the
rest  of the school is an exchange of "funny money."  I don't really care  how
the CPA's account for it on the school's books - that is, who gets  credit
for the "revenue" from ticket sales after deducting "expenses", it  "costs"
the school nothing from an academic standpoint - the buildings are  there,
the teachers are there, etc., etc., whether Souley sits in them or  not.
Without the basketball scholarship he's NOT there, and no one can tell  me
that UC saves a nickel on the academic side from his absence, aside  possibly
from some tutoring expense.



Well thats a good read and if you are talking about just one student  athlete 
it sounds good. The only problem is UC has over two thousand ( I dont  know 
the exact number) student athletes and there is no way you can filter that  
many students into classes without some kind of expense. I dont know about UC  
but some schools have classes for athletes only. For example did you see how  
many basketball players at UC have criminal justice for a major. Add in the  
football players and other sports and you would have to have extra classes just  
for that major alone. I may not have convinced you but Im convinced UC has  
academic expense for student athletes. Its just common sense.  Don