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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3599570, member: 3609"] Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! State tax money is not involved here, SC (along with just about every other state's) law forbids it. Some deep-pocketed alum/group of alums is putting up the $15M. That's one of the reasons it took UVa so long to get rid of Mike London. Athletics has to be funded by donors and the money has to be kept separate not only from the money the state gives to the school but also from the money donors to academics give to the school. The rules about which financial aid office-administered funds that can go to athletes is limited by the states (primarily Pell Grants) and closely watched by the NCAA (as a way to get around scholarship limits). [/QUOTE]