Urbana closing got me wondering about the situation at Wheeling and if they will survive the Corona forced closure. The simple answer is that they are BOUND to close. But I wonder. The major issues that are effecting a college's ability to weather this closure is service of their debt, and the cost of maintaining their physical plant. Wheeling is in a rather unique position compared to other colleges. First, they don't own any of their facilities, second, the terms of their rent are very favorable, third, they have already cut staff (to include maintenance staff) to the bone, forth, they probably don't have a huge debt.
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Originally posted by laker View PostHow can schools like that afford ANY athletics? Or do athletes make up such a large % of the student body that they have to have them?
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Originally posted by Scrub View Post
Ding ding ding! We have a winner. There is an absurd percentage of the Wheeling student body who consider themselves athletes.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Urbana had a massive percentage of its student body who were athletes. A lot of schools would never get students to attend if they didn't have athletics -- especially ones in the middle of nowhere with nothing else to really offer.
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Originally posted by laker View PostHow can schools like that afford ANY athletics? Or do athletes make up such a large % of the student body that they have to have them?
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Originally posted by boatcapt View Post
Simple math. Say a DII school provides 32 scholarship equivilents to it's 100 player football team. If the tuition at the school is $10,000, that is a cost of $320,000. The other 68 players pay the same $10,000 for a total to the school of $680,000. Net profit to the school is $360,000.
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Percentage of students that participate in athletics is a meaninngless number just as the % of students who are in the marching band or that have red hair is meaningless. People point to schools with a high number with a mixture of shock and outrage as if it is somehow indicative of somthing. Really it is just another thing schools do to increase enrollment like offering free wifi or remodeling dorms.
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Originally posted by boatcapt View PostPercentage of students that participate in athletics is a meaninngless number just as the % of students who are in the marching band or that have red hair is meaningless. People point to schools with a high number with a mixture of shock and outrage as if it is somehow indicative of somthing. Really it is just another thing schools do to increase enrollment like offering free wifi or remodeling dorms.
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Originally posted by boatcapt View PostPercentage of students that participate in athletics is a meaninngless number just as the % of students who are in the marching band or that have red hair is meaningless. People point to schools with a high number with a mixture of shock and outrage as if it is somehow indicative of somthing. Really it is just another thing schools do to increase enrollment like offering free wifi or remodeling dorms.Last edited by BlueBlood; 04-29-2020, 11:14 AM.
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