UConn athletics posts $47.2 million deficit for 2021

The UConn athletic department’s budget deficit continues moving in the wrong direction, as the school posted a $47.2 million deficit for the 2021 fiscal year, which spans from July 2020 to June 2021.

This year’s deficit was covered primarily by institutional support, while the rest was covered by student fees, which accounts for roughly 10.8%. The student fee contribution of 10.8% percent is significantly lower than in past years, compared to roughly 15 percent last year, and the raw total of student fee contribution also decreased from $6.5 million last year to $4.8 million this year.

Although the school had begun taking steps to reduce the deficit — which was $40.4 million in 2018, $42.3…