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Message: [QUOTE="leftytg, post: 2261847, member: 2651"] do you think it comes out of the general fund? Like, somehow it is between spending the money for academic scholarships or spending it on locker rooms? It's all fundraising. Texas has a ton of rich alumni who donate money to the football program. Why does anyone care what private people do with their own money? UT is at, or near, the top of the athletic department revenue lists every year. It is the flagship state university in a football crazy state. The athletic department actually gives money to the academic side and does not draw money from the school in the form of student fees. Given that stuff like this matters to recruits (especially given the competition UT faces for talent in Texas), they have every rational reason to invest in perks that draw better recruits, in order to maintain the profitability of the athletic department (which is almost entirely tied to football). [/QUOTE]