Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3133294, member: 3609"]
Most of the donated athletic money goes toward the grants-in-aid.  Each semester, the UVa Bursar sends a bill to the Virginia Athletics Foundation (our boosters) for the tuition, fees, and books for the athletes getting grants-in-aid, as well as the room & board for athletes living in the dorms and not eating at the training tables.  That's a couple of million when you start adding things up.  Donated money also goes towards making the locker rooms nice, etc.  Money from the conference (TV revenues, NCAA participation money, etc.) goes toward running the athletic department, like for salaries and paying the expenses of teams when they travel.  Yes, there are games played by the state schools to fund literally or figuratively athletics.  The biggest benefit is charging some athletes the in-state tuition rate when they're really out-of-state students. That is usually done for athletes getting partial scholarships.

Some athletic department facilities can get state funding by calling them "Phys Ed" facilities, and using them for Phys Ed classes.  Roughly 3/4 of the cost of VMI's Indoor Practice Facility was paid for by Virginia because it's called the "Corps Physical Training Facility".  At least one of UVa's swimming pools got some government funding that way.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?