http://miamisportsblog.com/2008/03/05/womens-college-basketball-loses-money-sucks/ Everything a Miami Sports Fan Needs to Know without any B.S. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:39:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://miamisportsblog.com/2008/03/05/womens-college-basketball-loses-money-sucks/#comment-8889 David Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:54:51 +0000 http://miamisportsblog.com/2008/03/05/womens-college-basketball-loses-money-sucks/#comment-8889 You make a good point, but consider this: If athletic teams had to fully support themselves, then most Division I schools would have a football team, a men's basketball team, and nothing else. Even allowing for a "trickle down," as you put it, would not account for the huge expenses required to run some of these teams, paying for equipment, training and medical expenses, tuition for athletes, and travel. This is actually one of the few things the NCAA does right, in my opinion, allowing athletic departments to spread the wealth in a way that allows for a good amount of athletes to earn athletic scholarships. You make a good point, but consider this: If athletic teams had to fully support themselves, then most Division I schools would have a football team, a men’s basketball team, and nothing else. Even allowing for a “trickle down,” as you put it, would not account for the huge expenses required to run some of these teams, paying for equipment, training and medical expenses, tuition for athletes, and travel. This is actually one of the few things the NCAA does right, in my opinion, allowing athletic departments to spread the wealth in a way that allows for a good amount of athletes to earn athletic scholarships.

]]>