Sports!

[Ethan Dicks]

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