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(04-04-2018 12:31 PM)bearcatmill Wrote:  Doesn't this same article come out once every year? Nothing new here. If you are in the Cartel 5, tv subsidizes the athletic dept, whether or not said dept earned the money. In the P6 or Other 5, you need to use other methods to subsidize.

There are 3 paths - more tv revenue, current structure remains in place or UC starts axing programs. Sounds like some want either fball or basketball to get the axe.

The difference for the P5 is that they are using outside entities to fund their athletic departments. For the G5, it's being done either from siphoning money directly from the academic side of the university or on the backs of students, many of whom would be dealing with affordability issues without the extra 1200 bill. Two completely different things.

I think we're very quickly coming to a point in this country where state legislators start to put a cap on how much of an AD's budget can come from subsidies and student fees. Virginia has already done it.