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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
My point is that the argument that we need football to attract students doesn't work, since we already have too many students. The University has x amount of money - where does it go? If it is going to rebuild the stadium and to support athletics, it's not there to hire the faculty to teach upper level courses, for example.
They sold the name change to us by stating "It won't cost any money! We have $250,000 in private donations". Um, if we have $250,000 to use to improve the school, I think it could have been better spent on scholarships rather than changing signs and buying stationery. Yep, that's what it went to - to facilitate the name change.
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Admittedly, I didn't read the entire thread, but the post that I saw re: football attracting students didn't say that we NEED football to attract students. I read it as "Football can cause the number of applications for admission to increase."
If we're concerned about overcrowding, I think there needs to be a change in admissions (like UT).