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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1454667" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>When Georgia Tech won the football national championship (1993?), they saw their applications for admission nearly double. Admissions standards went way up. Higher GPA and SAT scores than for any other clad in the history of the school. To my knowledge, they've never looked back. </p><p></p><p>The spike in applications occurs at most schools that have atypical success in football or men's basketball, but not every school retains the benefit. </p><p></p><p>Separately, some coaches do quite a bit for their schools. It's my understanding that the reason Texas Tech got a new library several years ago is because Bobby Knight personally raised the entire amount of the seed capital from boosters for the campaign. </p><p></p><p>College athletes should get paid beyond the value of their degree. Coaches and bureaucrats should make less. </p><p></p><p>However, as long as the advertising dollars are there, the TV contacts will be gigantic... which is pretty much the only way TAMU football is that profitable. ESPN is sucking wind. I can imagine we may have peaked in terms of TV contacts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1454667, member: 21715"] When Georgia Tech won the football national championship (1993?), they saw their applications for admission nearly double. Admissions standards went way up. Higher GPA and SAT scores than for any other clad in the history of the school. To my knowledge, they've never looked back. The spike in applications occurs at most schools that have atypical success in football or men's basketball, but not every school retains the benefit. Separately, some coaches do quite a bit for their schools. It's my understanding that the reason Texas Tech got a new library several years ago is because Bobby Knight personally raised the entire amount of the seed capital from boosters for the campaign. College athletes should get paid beyond the value of their degree. Coaches and bureaucrats should make less. However, as long as the advertising dollars are there, the TV contacts will be gigantic... which is pretty much the only way TAMU football is that profitable. ESPN is sucking wind. I can imagine we may have peaked in terms of TV contacts. [/QUOTE]
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