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Most football programs are not self sustaining: https://college.lovetoknow.com/campus-life/does-college-football-make-money https://college.lovetoknow.com/campu

• chrisco255 7y ago
  From that article..."According to the Texas Tribune, "a successful football team can prop up an entire athletic department." However, more often than not, college athletics programs are not fully self-supporting, even with football money." Football money gets spent to prop up other sports in college, typically, and that's where the confusion may be here. I'm sure there are some schools charging some minor fees to students for one athletic program or another, but its not like tuition is going towards football, by and large. At my alma mater, the football program pays into the university (UF).