[NU Sports] NU's football bang for the buck ...

[Eric West]

I wouldn't infer that, and not just because it presumes that all 
scholarship football players would have been offered admission if they 
weren't athletes (and that they would qualify for need-based aid, and 
that they would choose to attend NU as a non-athlete anyway, etc.). 
Northwestern would have X amount of money to give in grants-in-aid 
whether it had a football team or not. Athletic scholarships are 
something completely separate and should not be confused with other 
financial assistance (which, for most of the "high percentage of 
non-athletes," really means loans).


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu


Beamsley, Jeff wrote:
> Interesting.
>
> So, assuming that the Athletic Department turns a profit on football,
> they not only subsidize other sports; but also in some small way
> subsidize the rest of the student body.  That's because the kids that
> are getting a full scholarship aren't looking to the university for
> other sorts financial assistance.  If memory serves, a fairly high
> percentage of non-athletes are getting some sort of assistance.
>
> Jeff
>