re: The political economics of college athletics

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But in the end, more than 90 cents of every dollar the NCAA generates goes to our member institutions to support student-athletes

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If that's true (and if it's not relying on tricky technicalities to define "support") then the NCAA's ROI is better than virtually all actual charities in terms of investment of profits into their target. Hell, there are major charities out there than don't break 10% in that regard. Ninety percent would be amazingly efficient, and using the remainder for operating expenses (salaries, overhead, etc) wouldn't be in the least bit unreasonable.

Of course, all this is contingent upon the NCAA not relying on tricky language to make their claim.