The Anti Flutie Effect: The Impact of Football Malfeasance on the University

Abigail Cormier, Austin F. Eggers, Peter Groothuis and Kurt W. Rotthoff

No 22-02, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Abstract: Successful college football programs draw students to a university. This effect extends to university administrators, who provide higher peer rankings to schools with successful football programs. We analyze the opposite effect, how athletic malfeasance resulting in football postseason bowl bans influences peer rankings and other university measures at the sanctioned school. Surprisingly, we find that the peer ranking increases the year of the football bowl ban but decreases the year after the ban. We further find that bowl bans increase a school’s acceptance rate, decrease alumni giving, and decrease academic quality at the sanctioned university. Key Words: Education, (Anti) Flutie-Factor, NCAA, Athletic Malfeasance

JEL-codes: I2 Z2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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