<p>But maybe they were hit by the recession so suddenly that it left them in a deep mess with no other way. A similar case was where Brandeis sold its entire art collection (valued at a few million or was it billion?)… It was so sudden and they had no other go</p>
<p>“No one said they’re not talented athletes, but in the grand scheme of things, no one cares about fencing, track and gymnastics.” – diontechristmas</p>
<p>I don’t know what colleges you are talking about, but at the state university in my hometown, gymnastics is huge.</p>
<p>This really depends on the geography and enviromnent of the school. I know there are plenty of schools where X sport is popular, but in another school, it isn’t.</p>
<p>In a university near where I live, my family and many others didn’t even know that we had one of the nation’s leading college competitors for a certain event in gymnastics until someone made an article about it in the news. LOL, and it wasn’t even on the front page.</p>
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<p>That’s fantastic; 15 people care about gymnastics.</p>
<p>“A similar case was where Brandeis sold its entire art collection (valued at a few million or was it billion?)… It was so sudden and they had no other go”</p>
<p>This is new to me. Last I heard the university trustees had decided this was a no-go.</p>
<p>you’re right, hudson. no art has been sold and they haven’t made a final decision yet if any art will be sold. somebody should write to the ap to make a correction. (maybe i will after my finals are done.)</p>
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<p>I don’t recall seeing that in the eligibility papers? Females can play football; they just don’t very often.</p>
<p>“That’s fantastic; 15 people care about gymnastics.” – diontechristmas</p>
<p>Can’t count very well? And you do know what they say about assuming, right? Like I said, where I’m from, and at the major public universities they compete against, gymnastics is <em>huge</em>.</p>
<p>diontechristmas, you’re really callous. Just because you don’t appreciate a certain sport doesn’t mean many other people don’t. And for the athletes in that sport, I guarantee that they care deeply.</p>
<p>I am very happy that sports teams are going, especially before future projects, salaries, financial aid, enrollment numbers, libraries, art, etc. I will completely agree that sports are part of the college experience for many people. I’ll also admit that I really don’t like sports. But I’m definitely happy some schools have their priorities straight - what’s more important, sports or professors? Financial aid or a new football stadium?</p>
<p>Sports by far. Sports instantly raise awareness. There’s a reason that number of applications rise significantly after schools do well in the NCAA tournament, bowl games, etc.</p>
<p>I get that sports are important in generating revenue, raising awareness of a college, and also helping students be less stressed out, well-rounded, creating a sense of community on campus, etc. </p>
<p>But people generally go to college to get a degree, and higher education is why universities are created. How can you think sports are more important than professors? Without profs, there’s no one to teach/research, and then there’s no classes and no one gets a degree. Doesn’t matter how good a college is at football, if it doesn’t give students degrees or classes, what the hell is the point of going there? lol. Sure you can play basketball for a couple years and have fun, but then you kind of have to get a job someday. That’s why shutting down academics, profs, classes, departments is kind of stupid. yay, we have a football team but no one to teach Chemistry! Ok, that’s not even like a college, it’s just kids hanging out and playing sports and drinking. Fun, but if there’s no academics what’s the point of coming?</p>
<p>To have fun, play sports and drink.</p>
<p>don’t know about you, but I can do that pretty much everywhere, including my hometown. in HS i played some sports, drank sometimes, and had a lot of fun, and I didn’t have to shell out $160k for it 
so yeah, I looked for a college where they have professors and stuff too lol</p>
<p>sports can definitely help a school with name recognition, although they have to be really good at that sport (a lot of people still don’t know about northwestern and wake forest, despite both being top-50 USNWRs with BCS-level football and basketball) and it helps with school spirit</p>
<p>usually it’s just a waste of money though.</p>
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<p>lol I hope you aren’t serious</p>
<p>yep, my 2-year school only has basketball and soccer, and we have a better reputation than the other 2-year down the road with football, or even the local 4-year commuter school.</p>
<p>why? because the money we save is used to pay teachers, and as a result our average faculty salary is in the top 1% NATIONWIDE, at an average of $110,000. if we had more than 4 sports teams that would go down, and we wouldn’t attract the talent we do.</p>
<p>As a student attending MIT, perhaps I can clarify a few things.</p>
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<li><p>None of our sports generate any “revenue” (if they do, its probably at most like $2k-3k total for the entire season…). MIT Students generally aren’t super enthralled about watching our sports teams… we’d rather study, party, etc. (Actually I wouldn’t be surprised if admission to all our sporting events is free)</p></li>
<li><p>Many of the teams that got cut are becoming “clubs.” </p></li>
<li><p>MIT isn’t doing this as a sort of OMG WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONIES!!! They have roughly 7 billion in the bank. They are doing an institute-wide 3 year 15% cut on everything. Academics, research, EC’s, student life, atheletics, … everything. This is being done in anticipation of rough times in the next few years (this should be obvious), not because we’re already getting screwed.</p></li>
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<p>“(a lot of people still don’t know about northwestern and wake forest, despite both being top-50 USNWRs with BCS-level football and basketball)”</p>
<p>Naa Wake forest has been good at basketball for awhile now. They had a good season this yr with disapointing results in tourney…and a few yrs ago I know they had CP3</p>