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TV money raises the tide and lifts all boats. W/out decent TV money this severely damages ALL sports, not just football. IF we fall into worst case scenario this could change our university culture. Stanford is not the same without a thriving sports culture befitting of such a fine university.

You don’t need $60M/year to operate a big time athletic department. At some point, the money goes to excessive salaries and over-the-top facilities.

Stanford is getting far less than that now and is doing reasonably well financially.

[chrisk]

TV money raises the tide and lifts all boats. W/out decent TV money this severely damages ALL sports, not just football. IF we fall into worst case scenario this could change our university culture. Stanford is not the same without a thriving sports culture befitting of such a fine university.

You don’t need $60M/year to operate a big time athletic department. At some point, the money goes to excessive salaries and over-the-top facilities.

Stanford is getting far less than that now and is doing reasonably well financially.