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What I want to know about my topic

There are many things i want to know about my topic, which is why i picked it. It is a very debatable issue whether college sports should be funded more or less. One thing i want to know is how much does a university profit from the sport teams. This i feel is the most important peice of information i can gain from doing this research paper. There is a big debate on whether schools take money out of acedmic learning to pay for the sports, but if the sport teams are atleast making a profit then that means they are gaining and not hurting acedmic money or anything. I also want to know how much money does a regular college spend each year on their sport teams. This is important because it is not good if the college is spending a huge amount on their teams and not helping ith academics. This topic allows me to ask and answer many questions because there are so many differnet ways of looking at it.

What i already know about my topic

Some things i already know about my topic question, "To what level should collegiate sports be funded? What is their relationship to academics?", are that universitys think it is really important to have succsful sport programs and they are willing to go the extra and pay more to get it. I know that good college coaches are getting more of a pay raise now than they have ever before because the university wants to do whatever to keep the school winning. I know that many faculty of big sport programs are taking a cut to make up for money that has gone to sports. Schools charge a fee which help pay only for sport programs and then they also do fundraising, donations, money they make off of ticket sales, and a small amount of NCAA revenues to pay for the remaining costs. Teams have hurt from the struggling economy, but schools have taken money out of academic budgeting to help pay for the loss revenue. But, also with the truggling economy, schools have postponed rebuilding of new areana's and not going all out like they have been.

The story behind my topic choice

College sports are a huge part of the college atmosphere but where do they get the money for all the things that go into having a great team? And should the school be more financially helpful to sports programs?

For example, when a university gets a new stadium or uniforms, who pays for that? Is it taken out of the academic funding? Those are two tough and debatable questions to answer. There are many reasons why i chose the question "To what level should collegiate sports be funded? What is their relationship to academics?" to research. For one, i grew up watching and playing all kinds of sports and i have always been extremely fascinated with how the college systems are operated and set up. This question can go yes, college sports should be funded because they bring in revenue and publicity, or no, because the school should worry about their academics first. When you think of college sports you think of screaming college students, big pep rallies, and huge games that are talked about all week, but nobody ever really thinks about how all this is funded. It's by the college.

To me, college sports should be funded but after all the academics are taking care of because that is the biggest thing at the college. In the end, I want to have a better, lucid idea of where the money comes from to pay for all the athletic programs at universitys and i have chose this because i love sports, business and money is facinating to me, and some people complain about academics not having funding but sports does, so i want to determine if thats true.