Dollar for Dollar
Recently released documents show that WKU has increased its subsidy for the athletics department for a second consecutive year.
Each fiscal year, every NCAA athletics program with Division I status must file a financial report to the NCAA detailing total operating expenses, revenue and money received through direct institutional support.
Subsidies are taken out of WKU’s general fund — money otherwise spent on endeavors such as raising the quality of education WKU offers. One big criticism against intercollegiate athletics is that these subsidies pay for an athletics program with no intrinsic academic or educational benefit.