In this article, Schlabach attempts to highlight the impact of the recent financial crisis on college sports across the country. When the housing bubble caused financial depression in the national economy, colleges and universities were some of the most affected institutions, especially because the state and federal legislatures were forced to cut funding, the major source of money for college sports. In this article, Schlabach highlights college sport in our institutions of higher learning to demonstrate the impact of the financial recession on sports. While different colleges used different measures in responding to the recession, it is clear that the pattern is similar across the country. For example, college sports sector was negatively affected due to reduced finances. Nevertheless, the author gives some rare scenarios in which some states, attempted to increase the funding for college sports, despite the negative impact of the recession (Schlabach 1). Schlabach starts with the case of Stanford University as an example of the valued institutions of higher learning whose funding for sports was reduced. The institution could not support its sports teams, despite its long history of good performance and a huge funding tradition. Despite Stanford’s tradition of winning national championships for more than 30 years and producing renowned athletes like Tiger Woods, Mile Mussina and John McEnroe, it could not resist cutting funds (Schlabach 1). For instance, the institution dismissed about 21 members of the staff in the athletic department. In addition, it reduced its funding for men’s fencing team in order to save money. Wages and salaries at the department were also affected. Similarly, the number of students participating in sports was reduced significantly. In some colleges like Stanford, the tradition of using endowments to fund sports was a major problem during the crisis. For instance, most colleges and universities across the country have been depending on state legislature funds as well as donations from boosters and their alumni. When the recession hit the country, it negatively affected almost all sectors, companies and individuals. The author thinks that the impact on the states, boosters, investors, alumni and sponsors made it difficult to continue funding college sports, thus affecting their activities. In fact, the author reports that Stanford’s Cardinal Athletic faced a 20% to 30% reduction in the value of endowment as financial markets went down, which was equal to a drop from $520 million to less than $410 million in two years (Howard and Crompton 78). Other colleges and universities faced similar problems, although the responses were slightly different. For instance, the author states that some institutions like Pac-1- School Washington was forced to take strict measures that included completely shutting down men’s and women’s swimming teams to save money. A renowned institution like MIT had to shut eight sports teams, including hockey, gymnastics, Alpine skiing and wrestling (Schlabach 1). However, this caused tension in the school, with students protesting violently within the institution. Some states like Indiana, Maine and Vermont were the most affected by the recession, forcing them to drop major sports activities like tennis, soccer, football and volleyball (Schlabach 1). However,