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September 2010, Sports Business
Student Fees Drive Athletic Budgets
As the college sports arms race increases one of the groups footing the bill sometimes unwittingly is students through the murky cover of student fees. Students paid almost $800 million at 222 Division I schools in support of athletics in 2008-09.
At least five states, including Virginia, ban or limit the use of public and/or tuition money for athletics. For some schools in those states, relatively large fee charges become an alternative. In other states, on top of dedicated fees that may or may not have been approved by students, athletics departments often get other financial support from their schools. To read more, click here.
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