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Athletic programs are a net profit center at many D1 football schools.

• cudgy 2y ago
  Really? Then why do they charge students athletic fees? Why do stadiums and athletic centers receive government grants and subsidies? Here is a huge list of donations from various groups to an athletic endowment at the University of Alabama. Much of this money could have and would have been donated to schools directly for research and academic purposes instead the athletic foundations. Alabama is one of the most successful Division 1 football programs in the nation. If these programs are so profitable, why do they need so much money for these endowments? And why all the money from governments and grants? Doesn’t add up. https://crimsontidefoundation.org/ways-to-support/Endowments.aspx https://crimsontidefoundation.org/ways-to-support/Endowments...
  • wredcoll 2y ago
    > Here is a huge list of donations from various groups to an athletic endowment at the University of Alabama. Much of this money could have and would have been donated to schools directly for research and academic purposes instead the athletic foundations. Uh, what? Why would that happen, exactly?
    • cudgy 2y ago
      Uh … basic deduction and simple set theory. Because donations are made for tax purposes and virtue signaling … someone is going to get this money. Many of the donors are alumni and will donate money to the school. It was already targeted to the university athletic departments. It’s not a big stretch for it to be donated to another university department that has a direct academic role.
      • HDThoreaun 2y ago
        > someone is going to get this money One of the options is “the donors kids” here. Donating money never leads to more savings than it costs, people donate because they support what they’re donating too. Sports boosters care about sports, not academics.