D-I athletics right now:

• UCLA: $219M cumulative deficit
• Rutgers: $516.9M in cumulative shortfalls since joining the Big10
• Iowa State: $147M projected budget gap
• NC State: $18.5M projected deficit
• Dozens of varsity programs eliminated in the last year
• New fees…

— Nik Rule (@NikRule) September 1, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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D-I athletics right now:

• UCLA: $219M cumulative deficit
• Rutgers: $516.9M in cumulative shortfalls since joining the Big10
• Iowa State: $147M projected budget gap
• NC State: $18.5M projected deficit
• Dozens of varsity programs eliminated in the last year
• New fees…

— Nik Rule (@NikRule) September 1, 2026

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hard to understand why ames struggles while k-state remains financially stable. like universities and athletic programs. isu has more ticket sales. their stadium and arena have larger capacity. both major sports plus wbb have thrived. doesn't make sense. perhaps there's a cy fan around who can explain.

The fan who won Akron’s play-calling promotion called the team’s opening drive against Robert Morris.

How it went:

12-yard run (no huddle)
2-yard pass (no huddle)
7-yard run (no huddle)
False start
Turnover (fumble, no huddle) pic.twitter.com/zCmcTq0iH9

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) September 12, 2026

Realitybites said:

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At Louisville, we sponsor 23 sports, 14 for women and nine for men. Twenty-one of these sports operate in the red, and two operate in the black and we're considered one of the lucky few. Our football program is expected to spend approximately $30 million on financial aid, salaries, and operating costs, this total does not include revenue sharing expenses. Our football and men's basketball program are the economic engine that subsidizes 21 other varsity programs. Our baseball program the one that is in the nation's top five for wins over the last 20 years is estimated to lose over $4 million for the 2026 season. Our women's basketball program, which has won at least 20 games for 16 consecutive seasons, will have expenses that exceed revenues by over $4 million. Our Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving and Track and Field teams will cost our department nearly $6 million to operate this fiscal year.

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This is the reality.

So why should a university be operating a "swimming and diving", a "track and field", or in Baylor's case an Equistrian team?

Maybe the way forward is this, end all nonrevenue sports or demote them to club/intramural status, spin off your football program into its own 501c3 entity, and the University licenses It's NIL to the football program.

An NFL model, but the affiliate is an institution instead of a city.

The NCAA is replaced with the NCFL and NCBA.

Players contract directly with the team. Classes optional.

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Go to the other site, all that matters is HC. We fire Aranda, hire Briles we are in the playoff. NIL dont matter. That is your typical BU fan, they have no idea what goes into a winning "infrastructure". You have Ohio States infrastructure you can get many different coaches and win. Today, NIL is paramount. You need the horses, you get them by paying them professionally not with stupid shirts.

BU wants to compete at the highest level, time to get rid of the 1970's view. BU needs to talk with ND xnd get some advice. HC is cherry on top, not the sunday. Look at Ohio State....