Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Sellular1]

30 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

it's a state school funded by state and federal taxpayers.

60% of their student body gets financial aid.

the taxpayers would pay $50M less if those fees went towards the schools mission which is to educate the public.

So in a sense, you and i are partly paying for them to have a division 1 athletics program.

 

Tell them to hurry up and just take out a loan for their schooling.  It’s free and you don’t have to repay it.

[Friscobull]

24 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

it's a state school funded by state and federal taxpayers.

60% of their student body gets financial aid.

the taxpayers would pay $50M less if those fees went towards the schools mission which is to educate the public.

So in a sense, you and i are partly paying for them to have a division 1 athletics program.

 

Their financial aid is 80% less then what the more expensive schools offer, the problem is the overall cost of  tuition and not these measly fees.  Either way things will never get cheaper, only continue to inflate until eventually something bursts. The school administrations are drunk on revenue and there is no appetite to stop this madness because our government is in on the scam.  No such thing as a temporary tax, price hike or fee.  To think things will change is naive IMHO.

[Sellular1]

15 minutes ago, Sellular1 said:

Funny how important things like number of students, growth rates, TV DMA ranking, number of living alum, etc are factors 

Students USF: 50k Memphis: 20k UConn: 32k

Alumni USF: 380k Memphis: 165k UConn: 149k

[Cat941]

1 hour ago, Sellular1 said:

Funny how important things like number of students, growth rates, TV DMA ranking, number of living alum, etc are factors 

I concur.  These factors aren't important?  I don't get it.

[BDYZR]

2 hours ago, Bull94 said:

it's a state school funded by state and federal taxpayers.

60% of their student body gets financial aid.

the taxpayers would pay $50M less if those fees went towards the schools mission which is to educate the public.

So in a sense, you and i are partly paying for them to have a division 1 athletics program.

 

I would rather my taxes help pay for athletics, that I enjoy, than giving massive tax breaks for big business. That we have no choice or control over.

[BULLSHTR]

1 hour ago, Cat941 said:

I concur.  These factors aren't important?  I don't get it.

Number of students and alumni = potential TV watchers when the team is winning. Most college football teams have fair weather fans. There's like 20 universities that could say otherwise.

[Bull94]

14 hours ago, Friscobull said:

Their financial aid is 80% less then what the more expensive schools offer, the problem is the overall cost of  tuition and not these measly fees.  Either way things will never get cheaper, only continue to inflate until eventually something bursts. The school administrations are drunk on revenue and there is no appetite to stop this madness because our government is in on the scam.  No such thing as a temporary tax, price hike or fee.  To think things will change is naive IMHO.

their athletic fees are almost 20% of the cost

[Bull94]

12 hours ago, BDYZR said:

I would rather my taxes help pay for athletics, that I enjoy, than giving massive tax breaks for big business. That we have no choice or control over.

so you're on board with the estimated $2.4Billion giveaway to the rays then I guess. Oh wait that includes tax breaks for big business....

[Bull94]

14 hours ago, Sellular1 said:

Tell them to hurry up and just take out a loan for their schooling.  It’s free and you don’t have to repay it.

we'll all just have to pay for it through higher taxes or increased inflation

[BDYZR]

45 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

so you're on board with the estimated $2.4Billion giveaway to the rays then I guess. Oh wait that includes tax breaks for big business....

Guess I should have been more clear. But, not going to waste my time. Have a great day, if you want to.