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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
The fact that the vast majority of football programs don't turn profits is easily provable, and was proven with the technical expertise of a Google search. This falls within the domain of common knowledge, since the 10 sources that come up first all say basically the same thing. It's not worth debating anyone who doesn't immediately accept fact as fact.
percentage of college football programs that lose money - Google Search |
I'm so confused and I think you are to. You've manage to take this quote of mine.
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Also, people don't realize that the money that college football (or basketball) brings in supports all the other athletic programs at a school.
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....and turn it into I said all football programs made a profit and sponsored their other programs in it and this applied across the board to Division I,II, and III.
Wow. Not sure who is worse at reading. You or SBXVII.
THEN you go on to say the following before doing any research.
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I would be willing to bet that at a fine institution such as East Carolina, football, at very best, is self sustaining from a financial perspective.....so it certainly wouldn't shock me if their football program (along with the rest of C-USA) are running in the red.
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As noted, our AD made 1.6 million last year in profit.
How Profitable is Football in Conference USA? «
So about that "bet"?
I'm not sure why you are claiming something that I have not said nor implied. Hell, the "google link" you put up there doesn't even show crap about what you are speaking about. A blog from some no name guy who doesn't even reference his stats? Are you serious?
If you are going to argue a point, at least make sure you are arguing the same point. It's obvious you aren't.
On to your point. How many of these schools in any of these conferences do you think lose money in college football? The below are the conferences that are in the division I of NCAA which we are talking about.
Division I (NCAA) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia