"As seen in Figure 4A, across all sports, net revenue from athletics tends to be
negative, with the median annual net revenue for Division I-A schools just greater
than -$4 million and the 75th percentile just greater than -$1...
I haven't been yet, but I've heard there's a lot of discrimination against East Asians (probably because of labor tension). Any truth to it? Last thing I want to do is piss off a drunk Russian.
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But economists have found it difficult to quantify a link between investing in a high-profile athletic program and reaping presumed benefits, like alumni donations or higher application rates. "If there's any effect,...
Somewhat relevant article from the Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/sp...ewanted=1&_r=1
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All but 14 of the 120 athletic programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision "” the highest level of college sports...
Your odds are slim to zero. If you're class of 2012, you'll be doing internship recruiting in Spring 2011 which probably will not look great if the economy stays this tepid. Plus, the location of your school is a huge disadvantage...
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Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard
Incidentally, I think we're missing a very sad and under-looked side story here, which is that pretty much any non-law, non-finance, non-medical career choice these days is...