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I agree with the sentiment here, but there are incredibly good schools with high profile/high earning teams.
The post never said that the side hustle was subpar. I did undergrad at a middling university and a mediocre sports, and I did grad school at a good school with a top tier basketball team.
To me, it seems the point of the post is that it is telling that there is a correlation. A well-funded university has a well-funded sports team. It sometimes feels the other way around with a well-funded sports team providing a well-funded school. Advocates of college sports actually tout that as feature.
It is so deeply rooted in our culture that I don't even wear my alma mater hoodie because I don't follow basketball. Sports is the only reason why anyone would that apparel, I guess.
Same. At my Uni, zero tuition dollars go to boys' football or basketball.
But the teams don't get the money, just the school and the coaches.
That true. But the coaches? The coaches make insane money.