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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 824404, member: 297"]
Understood. I completely understand that perspective.

That said, nobody should ever buy "we don't have the money" as the reason why we can't do things. We absolutely can, and it's absolutely there. Obviously that doesn't match the endowment of Harvard or Yale, but there isn't an absence of dollars. We just don't choose to use it that way.

Which is kind of interesting, isn't it? Because supposedly we'll benefit financially significantly more thanks to the ACC share, which we've earned predominantly due to the standing of our athletic program, geography, and eastern seaboard fanbase. But supposedly those dollars aren't entirely earmarked for the athletic department and won't have nearly the impact for sports that we've been hoping for as fans.

[B]So, I ask, if we choose to withhold the endowment exclusively for academic pursuits (and we're not talking about a small amount here), why do academics get to dip their hand in the much smaller cookie jar of money generated by athletics too?[/B]
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