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I have posted it before - I expect cuts in minor sports to rapidly snowball. Many schools lose money on sports; either they need new revenue or they cut costs. I expect this to end with men’s football, basketball and probably baseball. Then Women’s basketball, volleyball, beach, softball, soccer and another sport or 2 to balance out football. And not much else.

I guess you are going for the understatement of the year. 

Most schools lose money on intercollegiate sports programs and work very hard to hide it. Very few athletic departments officially run a deficit but their income includes tuition funds, mandatory student fees, and direct state appropriations. 

USA Today has a series listing data from NCAA required reporting on athletic program budgets for all Division 1 public schools (received via FOIA requests). Unfortunately they don't seem to be properly updating anymore (the latest version is dated March 14, 2024, and even then I am wondering if it is just a repeat from a year earlier). The key number to look at is "Total Allocated" [technically plus any actual deficit though that is typically small to zero]. You can sort by each column. 
NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY 
There are a dozen public schools that report no external subsidy of the athletics program. For another handful (half dozen?) the subsidies are either very small or less than the net revenue of the AD. That leaves over 200 Division 1 schools that whose athletic programs are draining significant funds from the rest of the university, most by very large amounts. 


I happen to be very familiar with the situation at the winner in AD deficits, UConn. 
UConn is facing all sorts of problems. 
The basketball program is extremely good and popular but doesn't bring in net revenue.
The school desperately wants to join a Big 4 conference, operates as if it is in a Big 4 conference (to increase chances of getting in), but cannot get an invitation from any Big 4 conference. 
The state legislature just passed a new law allowing UConn to make full House payments to athletes (for allowing, read requiring without providing funds) which will presumably increase the $55 million deficit to the order of $75 million. 
In the meantime, the governor has successfully pushed for steep cuts to the overall state support of the university by an amount that is hard to track because everybody is playing with numbers ($60 million per year? $100 million? $130+ million?) despite several years in a row with large state budget surpluses. 
Then there are the fed cuts that all research universities are trying to deal with and I have seen some notes about Stanford's situation on this board. 
It's ugly and there is no solution of any sort in view.

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I have posted it before - I expect cuts in minor sports to rapidly snowball. Many schools lose money on sports; either they need new revenue or they cut costs. I expect this to end with men’s football, basketball and probably baseball. Then Women’s basketball, volleyball, beach, softball, soccer and another sport or 2 to balance out football. And not much else.

I guess you are going for the understatement of the year. 

Most schools lose money on intercollegiate sports programs and work very hard to hide it. Very few athletic departments officially run a deficit but their income includes tuition funds, mandatory student fees, and direct state appropriations. 

USA Today has a series listing data from NCAA required reporting on athletic program budgets for all Division 1 public schools (received via FOIA requests). Unfortunately they don't seem to be properly updating anymore (the latest version is dated March 14, 2024, and even then I am wondering if it is just a repeat from a year earlier). The key number to look at is "Total Allocated" [technically plus any actual deficit though that is typically small to zero]. You can sort by each column. 
NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY 
There are a dozen public schools that report no external subsidy of the athletics program. For another handful (half dozen?) the subsidies are either very small or less than the net revenue of the AD. That leaves over 200 Division 1 schools that whose athletic programs are draining significant funds from the rest of the university, most by very large amounts. 


I happen to be very familiar with the situation at the winner in AD deficits, UConn. 
UConn is facing all sorts of problems. 
The basketball program is extremely good and popular but doesn't bring in net revenue.
The school desperately wants to join a Big 4 conference, operates as if it is in a Big 4 conference (to increase chances of getting in), but cannot get an invitation from any Big 4 conference. 
The state legislature just passed a new law allowing UConn to make full House payments to athletes (for allowing, read requiring without providing funds) which will presumably increase the $55 million deficit to the order of $75 million. 
In the meantime, the governor has successfully pushed for steep cuts to the overall state support of the university by an amount that is hard to track because everybody is playing with numbers ($60 million per year? $100 million? $130+ million?) despite several years in a row with large state budget surpluses. 
Then there are the fed cuts that all research universities are trying to deal with and I have seen some notes about Stanford's situation on this board. 
It's ugly and there is no solution of any sort in view.