You cite these out of state students, but Colorado has the same number despite a horrible football team (until this year), and Oregon State has increasing enrollment despite a horrible football team, so I don't buy these amazing benefits.

Without strong evidence of great benefit, I don't think it is unjustified to worry that Oregon could suffer the fate of so many other schools that have entered into a "Red Queen" race of spending like crazy just to not be one of the few places that has to pump in hundreds to thousands of dollars per student into athletics. That is my point. You may feel unconcerned... fine. I feel otherwise.