[2006alum]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=15854.msg174713#msg174713 date=1475612935]
It's hard for me to comprehend how the debt service on the stadium is counted against the athletic department's budget. I wonder how many other schools do their accounting this way. 

The stadium is a sports facility.  Where in the budget would you count it?
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+1. No one on campus cares about it for any reason other than sports. Maybe, maybe for commencement, but that's it. And I'm pretty sure they could find someplace else to hold that. Also, it's literally built on a fault line. It's a beautiful location and a wonderful stadium, but it will literally crack in half next time there's a quake on that fault. A questionable use of funds all the way around...

[2006alum]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=15854.msg174713#msg174713 date=1475612935]
It's hard for me to comprehend how the debt service on the stadium is counted against the athletic department's budget. I wonder how many other schools do their accounting this way. 

The stadium is a sports facility.  Where in the budget would you count it?
[/quote]

+1. No one on campus cares about it for any reason other than sports. Maybe, maybe for commencement, but that's it. And I'm pretty sure they could find someplace else to hold that. Also, it's literally built on a fault line. It's a beautiful location and a wonderful stadium, but it will literally crack in half next time there's a quake on that fault. A questionable use of funds all the way around...