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[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 2593711, member: 3609"]
The only real advantage, IMO, of the state schools is the greater number of potential donors.  I believe that every state requires that athletics be self-funded and not come out of state funds.  Otherwise NC State would be able to sponsor as many sports as UNC does and VPI would sponsor as many as UVa does.  All scholarships at UVa and VPI are funded through contributions.  The only money that can come from the financial aid office is Pell Grant money, same as any other college.  Each semester, the UVa bursar sends a bill to the Virginia Athletics Foundation for the tuition and other expenses of the athletes on scholarship.  John Paul Jones Arena has that name because Paul Tudor Jones gave the most money to build it, earning the naming rights (he named it for his father). When UNC built the Dean Dome, there was a similar arrangement, but the high-money donor said that only name that deserved to be over the door was Dean Smith's.  "Profits" from sales of UVa merchandise by the athletic department go toward paying for tutoring for the athletes.

The alleged "games" that some state schools play with in-state status have no effect on football and basketball since they require full scholarships for all players, so they don't pay anything, unlike the Olympic sport athletes on partials.
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