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Yukishiro1  4 stars
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 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
Tych2 posted:
When my daughter competes in the Olympics she'll bring more notoriety for her school which in turn will bring more money to them.



I'm not sure I want to know what your daughter does competitively...
Szerek  2 stars
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 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
I think the better question for the small government types is why do state funded schools offer sports scholarships at all? Wouldn't the fiscally responsible thing be to use that scholarship money to lower tuition costs for students who want to go to school to learn?

 

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Abaddon_Ambrosius  4 stars
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Why do schools give scholarships for ANY sports?

 

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Modeeb  4 stars
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 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX

"Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was originally written in order to end discrimination based on race, color, or national origin, the act tremendously helped to energize the women’s rights movement which had somewhat slowed after women’s suffrage in 1920. On the same token, while Title IX is best known for its impact on high school and collegiate athletics, the original statute made no explicit mention of sports"

 

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Eager_Igraine  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-11-21 11:55:52
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Why do schools give scholarships for ANY sports?



You should ask the institutions themselves. From page 6 of the USC Handbook,


"the goals for USC Athletics are: to graduate every student-athlete who completes

athletic eligibility at USC; to compete successfully in every sport, striving to be in the top l0

nationally, with the ultimate goal of winning national championships; to provide an environment

conducive to positive growth and development of student-athletes and Athletics Department

staff; to encourage a real, complete and robust college experience, not just an athletic

experience; to provide adequate financial support within the department to ensure continuing

development of each sport program without university subsidization; and to do all the above

while complying fully with all NCAA and Pac-l2 regulations."


http://www.usc.edu/dept/athletics/saas/private/documents/current_students/USC_StudentAthlete_Handbook_20112012.pdf

 

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Tych2  4 stars
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Tych2 posted:
When my daughter competes in the Olympics she'll bring more notoriety for her school which in turn will bring more money to them.



I'm not sure I want to know what your daughter does competitively...

Equestrian. Her coach is a past Olympian from what I was told. Although in all honesty I am not sure she'll ever get there. Shes jumping over 4 and a half feet (they measure it in meters now so I am not sure) now and it scares the crap out of me.

 

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Groucho48  3 stars
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 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
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Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?



Affirmative action for white kids?

 

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Yukishiro1  4 stars
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Groucho48 posted:
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Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?



Affirmative action for white kids?





Yeah I was kinda tempted to post this too. Although it's not nearly as bad as legacy admissions for that.
Onslaught.  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-2-13 13:46:37
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Why do schools give scholarships for non revenue sports?
Yukishiro1 posted:
Why would schools give scholarships for smart people? If people valued smart people they'd find a way to make them into revenue for the college.



Uh... Smart people earn colleges grants and accreditation...aka money.


How are you people so grossly uninformed about basically everything?

 

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Yukishiro1  4 stars
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