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[QUOTE="Moontan, post: 140133, member: 166"]
$20M ?  Really?  From where?

2,000 avg attendance increase? 2,000 * 15 games * $25/ticket = $750,000
5,000 avg attendance increase? 5,000 * 15 games * $25/ticket = $1,875,000

Costs rise.  Coaches expect raises.  Everyone expects better facilities.

The players are solely responsible?  Really?  Without the current coaches, facilities and fan base, the players don't even consider coming to the Hill.  If basketball on-court performance drops, resulting in a decrease in attendance and revenues, would you cut players' "salaries"?

Your "example", just as your entire attempt at an argument, is way off base.

On to the issue at hand...

I'm OK with a Cost of Attendance Stipend, or basing the stipend on the practice time (20 hours per week?) and the work-study pay rate.

However, if you do that, then it should apply to all scholarship athletes.  I'd even go one better and apply the stipend to all student athletes (including walk-ons for all sports).  In Syracuse's case (based on 2010 figures) that's on the order of 613 * $2,000 = $1,226,000.  That's in addition to the $11M that was paid for student aid on behalf of student athletes.
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