The big dog sports programs are by and large funded by alumni (who neglect to fund anything else) while a lot of the spaces they use are subsidized by the city/state they occupy. The federal government is very involved in financial aid for students but at the end of the day if these schools want studs to come and play for them, they have the pockets to bring them. Especially with NIL.
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Ain’t nobody (D1) using government money for sports programs lol
For headline sports programs like football and basketball, sure. But a lot of scholarships for stuff like lacrosse, track and field, virtually all women's sports, etc come from the Department of Education.
The true casualty of this and Title IX fights
Maybe these schools will be forced to go mask-off and drop all their nonprofit academic programs to focus on football, their true cash cow.
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The federal Education Department is a very small department. It’s basically the college student aid program and (typically) non-controversial and often universal grants to state and local governments for K-12 stuff (like special education).
At major D-I schools, “revenue sports” like football, basketball (men’s and women’s nowadays but much smaller than football), and sometimes baseball or a random other sport turns a profit and funds the athletic department along with donors. Sometimes, there’s an “athletics fee” students pay that (ideally) funds things for a gym and intramural sports.
But generally, it’s donors. And college presidents keep sports around to advertise the school and keep alumni attached so they donate. A rich alumnus might not donate to sports but the college president wines and dines them at a football game.
Trump is trying to use special education/disabilities (schools for the blind, deaf, etc) as a shield from criticism.
If I had a gun and trump was in the room with me I'd beat him to death with it while screaming that I'm sick of people using me as a shield for their shitty behavior.
@SPRUNT@lemmy.world the recent college athlete image likeness settlement couldn't happen at a worse time for public schools who have to disclose these payments. Can you imagine having a PhD and teaching physics for 1/4 of what a school is paying a teenage who catches balls well?
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College football is a moneymaker, so I don't see football being impacted.
What I see happening is that the money from college football will stay in football and money losing programs will see major cuts.