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[QUOTE="Janner, post: 1218121, member: 739"]
Yes I agree 100%, thats a ton of extra money to come up with.  And if that were the case that would also open up some significant questions/issues.  How did this program exist for years if the lions share of the costs were funded by the University as a whole? Is this common practice across the college Athletics landscape for private institutions?
 
Also, what did we tell the ACC we would do with regards to athletics when we expressed interest in joining the conference? I'd be interested to know if we promised to spend a certain amount of this new funding on Athletics (more specifically, the revenue driver which is football).  And how do you justify (to the ACC) that we are just going to use every penny we are going to receive from the conference to pay a budget line that was being paid by the school previously, ie we are taking your money and using it to plug holes and not directly reinvesting it into our athletics (football).   Who knows, maybe the ACC said your value to the conference is $X so do what ever you want with the money. But, if there was a discussion about using these funds to specifically improve the athletics programs there could be an issue.  
 
I just find this topic very facinating in general and im glad it can be something that can be discussed with like minded individuals.
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