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Does that include cost of building the stadium? The gyms? I don't think it does.

• aaron-lebo 9y ago
  The stadium has been there since 1929, so presumably. Upkeep is not $50 million.
  • HarryHirsch 9y ago
    Building maintenance isn't free and comes out of university funds. Especially at state schools you see politicians posing in front of a new building they have arranged funding for. Trouble is, the new building requires maintenance, as does the existing building stock, and oftentimes it would make better economic sense to renovate the buildings that are already there as you don't increase the number of buildings. But you won't find a politician to pose in front of a renovation, consequently you won't get free state money either.
  • yequalsx 9y ago
    At Alabama. What about the other 100 or so FBS schools? Does Alabama make a profit without mandatory athletic fees? What about other schools? Alabama is an outlier and even its numbers are not as good as they make them out to be.
• ams6110 9y ago
  Typically funds for new or renovated facilities come from donors/boosters.
  • yequalsx 9y ago
    At programs like Alabama. But not at most programs.