Yes, the same people who stirred this up could probably find a way to stir up the same problem almost anywhere they choose to and it would be a big financial problem in a place that is only ancillary to the real mission of the university.
There's only about 15 more months of it left though, only one football season. Maybe some people will learn something about small factions of people holding everyone else hostage with... whatever...
But football? Come on, we all love football, (see screenname), but if you guys (certain football players, not you, Tau) are going to pull this crap you can just go home and we'll eat the financial loss, and you guys can go do whatever instead of experiencing college life for 4 or 5 years, and maybe learning something too.
Then after all this race crap dies down maybe we'll start up a football team again, or maybe not. Life goes on either way.
So yeah, I suppose I see your point. :)
What I am noticing is the reality of the power that these teams apparently have because of this financial dependency that has developed. This particular case concerns claims of racism, etc., but there is every reason to assume that a team could make demands having nothing to do with race. This case has exposed a real weakness on the part of colleges that receive large amounts of revenue from sports. Colleges need to address that weakness. The tail should not be wagging the dog. But, the money is a real issue.