Quote Originally Posted by Professor Chaos View Post
What I'm saying is it's pretty much the same thing whether it's earmarked as student fees of school funds. In both cases it's money going to the school's athletic department that would otherwise be going to the school to support other things. I'm pretty confident tuition is higher at Maine and Rhode Island due to that $19M and $24M, respectively, that the school is sending to subsidize the athletic department.
Yeah. Charge "X" more for tuition than needed. Or anything like room and board. School gives "X" less, from other sources, to tuition requirements or whatever. School then gives that "X" to athletics. Pretty simple and they can advertise zero student fees. It's all just accounting. Without a comparison of total cost of attendence, a true picture can't be seen clearly.