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[SIZE=12pt]Salt Lake Tribune: Mountain West schools pay the most to subsidize athletics[/SIZE]
By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune
Public schools competing in the Mountain West Conference, on average, shell out $1,177 per student to subsidize their athletic programs, the costliest of the 11 conferences in the NCAA's 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision, according to a report released Monday.
That number is much bigger than per-student subsidies in the six power conferences enshrined in the Bowl Championship Series and illstrates the inequities that abound in intercollegiate sports, according to the report's authors. ...
By Brian Maffly
The Salt Lake Tribune
Public schools competing in the Mountain West Conference, on average, shell out $1,177 per student to subsidize their athletic programs, the costliest of the 11 conferences in the NCAA's 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision, according to a report released Monday.
That number is much bigger than per-student subsidies in the six power conferences enshrined in the Bowl Championship Series and illstrates the inequities that abound in intercollegiate sports, according to the report's authors. ...