On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:28 PM, John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote:
  At 02:22 PM 12/20/2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
 My gripe is with a public university spending
outrageous amounts of
time and money on varsity-level competitive sports benefits no one... 
 Keeps the alumni coming back and making donations. 
Not all alumni.  I haven't given a dime to my alma mater except to
directly-fund a scholarship for a study abroad program that I
participated in twice.  I figured _that_ was worth some payback.
But I do get your point that sports fame spurs many alumni to give.
-ethan