If nobody shows up in the stands that means no ticket revenue. The Sun Bowl is literally starting to fall apart from what some of you have said; renovating the Sun Bowl will take some serious $$$. If UTEP were willing to pay its football coach a competitive salary then maybe they could field a competitive team, which would mean more butts in the stands and thus more revenue, paying for itself. But of course that's a gamble: what if UTEP spends all this money and the football team still sucks, with nobody going to the games? Then UTEP would have dug quite a hole for itself!
No, the least risky option is just to drop sports altogether. Maybe go Division III (no scholarships) like MIT, Caltech, and the University of Chicago. (Remember that Chicago used to be in the Big Ten! There's a role model for Natalicio: drop out of the Big Ten to focus on academics.) Academics come first for Natalicio, so she should follow the lead of the academic elites and really commit to it.
No, the least risky option is just to drop sports altogether. Maybe go Division III (no scholarships) like MIT, Caltech, and the University of Chicago. (Remember that Chicago used to be in the Big Ten! There's a role model for Natalicio: drop out of the Big Ten to focus on academics.) Academics come first for Natalicio, so she should follow the lead of the academic elites and really commit to it.
