Quote Originally Posted by JMUisat14 View Post
Football had a budget of $8.2 million last year. There's also the debt service payments for the stadium which is another $5.5.

Our total is so large because we have 17 other D1 programs we sponsor outside of football.
Our leadership has made the commitment to fully fund all programs too and we have many new athletic facilities and the debt service that comes with them.
The big difference is that many universities choose to underfund their non-football and mbb sports, while our leadership won't throw the other sports under the bus.