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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5665567, member: 173"]
It absolutely was a factor for me.  One of probably a dozen and not #1 - but it was on list.  So if you’re saying nobody chooses a school for athletics alone - sure, that’s likely true.  I don’t know anyone who makes a major life decision on one and only one factor.   If you’re saying it has no impact on how many students apply and the caliber of those students - there’s plenty of data out there which disproves that position.  It means enough that schools notice.

I remember my brother telling me there were “anti-sportsball” professors at Binghamton who were upset going to D1 had a noticeable impact on their application pool in 2001, and were terrified going to the NCAAs in 2009 would result in another boost.  Some of the “scandal” which imploded the program was those professors using things that happen everywhere to sabatoge and destroy something they viewed as a threat to their worldview.   There’s a reason Dempsey had a 0.268 winning percentage and lasted 9 years, and basically left of his own accord to semi-retire and coach at SCCHS.  Those professors are mostly still there - and the culture absolutely is.  I suspect they would all say athletics success has no impact on applications - and since you can prove just about anything with statistics they can probably make a case for it some people would believe.  But deep down, even they know it’s not true.
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