The thing is, it's mostly the smaller university athletics departments that take the losses. Of the top 40 public university athletic departments (by expenditu

The thing is, it's mostly the smaller university athletics departments that take the losses. Of the top 40 public university athletic departments (by expenditure), only 5.2% of income is from University subsidies. The top 10 receive only 1.2% of their income from subsidies. The rest is from ticket revenue, direct donations, TV deals, etc (usually with football heavily subsidizing the other sports). For all 227 Division I athletic departments of public universities, subsidies provide 30% of the overall budget, other revenue 70%. So when people complain about this issue, it really probably isn't any of the universities that they think it is. Check it out yourself: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2012-05-14/ncaa-college-athletics-finances-database/54955804/1 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2012-05-...