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Speaking of athletics budgets, the Washington Post had a very in depth article about the effect of increased money (from television) on the budgets of athletics departments.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/...ge%2Fstory

The short version is that more money coming in has led to more spending.  I know, how surprising.  Maryland went from a $42 million in revenues in 2004 to a $55 million in revenues 10 years later, running a deficit of $17.6 million (looks like they are using the same numbers as USA Today). They don't show the deficit in 2004, but the revenue/spending lines diverge, so the deficit has been widening.

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[BostonCard]

Speaking of athletics budgets, the Washington Post had a very in depth article about the effect of increased money (from television) on the budgets of athletics departments.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/...ge%2Fstory

The short version is that more money coming in has led to more spending.  I know, how surprising.  Maryland went from a $42 million in revenues in 2004 to a $55 million in revenues 10 years later, running a deficit of $17.6 million (looks like they are using the same numbers as USA Today). They don't show the deficit in 2004, but the revenue/spending lines diverge, so the deficit has been widening.

BC