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

[Sportsbiz]

The Sun-Times has been running a series all week, starting last
Sunday, by Rick Telander delving into the whole issue of traumatic
brain injury, specifically going back and visiting his teammates on
the 68-70 teams and seeing how they have been affected.  It's not a
pretty picture.

In one conversation with one of the leading researchers on the topic,
she had examined the brain of an 18 year old with  traumatic brain
injury from repitive hits.  Scary stuff.  I recommend the series to
you.  I'm not anywhere near my computer so no link, sorry.
Mark

On 6/30/10, Beamsley, Jeff <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com> 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
>
> BTW - anyone catch PTI yesterday?  Wilbon spend some time covering the
> autopsy report on the late Cincinnati Bengal, Chris Henry. The coroner
> discovered that he had a brain injury before the fall that killed him
> yet he had never missed a game in his professional career.  It raises
> the specter that even seemingly healthy football players accumulate so
> many hits to the head that they run the risk of diminished capacity
> later in life.
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Mark S. Ament
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:33 PM
> To: Mike Nolan; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU's football bang for the buck ...
>
> My understnding is tuition is charged to athletic departments at the
> rate the kid would otherwise pay. i.e. out of state if appropriate at a
> state and full tuition at NU. &nbsp;Room and board are the same thing
> even though they get the training table.
> Mark
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> Mark S. Ament
> sportsbiz at gmail.com
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>
> --sent from my Palm Pre
>
> On Jun 30, 2010 10:44 AM, Mike Nolan &lt;nolan at romaine.tssi.com&gt;
> wrote:
>
> &gt; The only thing Northwestern spends more money on is travel for
> recruiting as we explore all 50 states and some provinces(Kevin
> Lawrence) for prospects.
>
>
>
> How do schools have to factor in tuition for scholarships?
>
>
>
> NU's tuition is much higher than at other Big Ten schools, even if
>
> those other schools have to use out-of-state tuition rates.
>
>
>
> I suspect that NU football loses money except for the media money they
>
> get from the conference, which I don't think is broken out by sport.
>
> --
>
> Mike Nolan
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