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Originally Posted by DWetzel
That's fine, except I think we'll find in this case that it's not about winning football games or school pride or any of that, it's about money. And a lot of it. These things usually are.
The two go hand in hand. PSU football has yearly revenues of close to 70 million, profits of close to 50 million. Much of that money is put back into other areas of the school: academics, infrastructure, branding, etc. The school employs an enormous # of people in the region from upper class to lower. Do you know how many Penn State branch campuses there are? How many alumni donors?
Football is what brought many people to the school as students. It is what made them proud of their school while they were there, at least partially. And it is what kept them interested in giving back if and when they moved away and began living their lives after graduating with a PSU degree.