Impact of colleges changing conferences

Paying for College
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<p>It has been fascianting listening to the commentary about Nebraska and Colorado moving out of Big 12 with Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State soon to leave. Texas refused to go to the SEC because of its poor academics . Nebraska said that they wanted to move to the Big Ten because of its academic reputation (American Association of Universities). </p>

<p>My assessment of the fallout and what it means to the non athletes.</p>

<p>1) Will SEC schools make much more of an effort to raise their academics as they might compared unfavorably to the schools in other conferences.</p>

<p>2) As conferences expand the travel costs to play all the other non revenue sports is going to get more and more expensive. Colorado doesn't play hockey, baseball, softball, field hockey, gymnastics and lacrosse. How many sports will be chopped because colleges will have to travel further to get to sites?</p>

<p>Bottom line more emphasis upon academics and fewer athletic scholoarships going forward.</p>

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<li>lol, no</li>
<li>basketball and football will continue to subsidize the others</li>
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<p>I disagree, more athletic scholarship > better players > more people attending games > $$</p>

<p>I love to argue, sorry.</p>

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<li> No one seems to be making more strides than Alabama to raise their profile.<br></li>
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<p>That’s okay if you like to argue, just so long as you have facts for your opinion.</p>

<p>So why can’t the colleges pocket the money from the revenue generating sports and NOT use it so subsidize it for the other sports? </p>

<p>How many years of Washington St. sending their women’s softball players to Stillwater, OK and Lubbock, TX before someone asks “why”?</p>