Klarinet Archive - Posting 001371.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: budget cutbacks
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:26:00 -0400

On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> At the college level, it is my understanding that only the University of
> Notre Dame actually MAKES money with its football program (not including
> alumni contributions which may arise indirectly from it).

You've gotta be kidding Bill.....this has been standard knowledge for
years....and completely on the up and up! A Bowl Game alone brings a
tremendous amount of revenue to a university. All the top rated schools
in athletics make big money.....I mean BIG BIG money.

> But all this is neither here nor there. If profit is the motive for school
> curricula, I'd like to know how much the history department made? Or the
> English department? Or mathematics?

Good question!

Roger Garrett
IWU