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Message: [QUOTE="CarolinaCuse, post: 327942, member: 510"] Of course it's a business. All of higher ed is business (some aspects of it are obviously more profitable than others). If you think that competitive schools don't have the development of the student-athlete as an outcome - well, that's naive. It's a continuum - Ohio State is at one end of the spectrum and Oberlin is at the other end (and everyone else is in between). The PSU trustee doesn't like that their beloved program will be handicapped. Really, what changes aside from economics? They'll still have a team. Fans can still support them. It impacts their competitiveness. Whoopty doo. It'll be back at some point. The point is that the Trustee's rationale is based largely on disagreements with how institution signed off on sanctions that effect their competitiveness - not the ultimate outcome of why they are an institution. [/QUOTE]