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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy
Which is why it's so nice to see donor funds having to be secured for all that crap. 
I also think the money grab is being driven by the universities, and not so much by the athletic department. With the possibilities of lower amounts of research dollars, rising tuition costs and less attendance, they have to make up ground somehow. |
State appropriations are decreasing and significantly so in some cases. However, tuition is always rising and economic downturns result in high enrollment.
Most large institutions are far less dependent on state appropriations, but the decrease greatly affects the state regional university.
Anyway, this is all a long way of saying that the increased revenue will basically be a boon only for the athletic department, since the likes of $12M isn't shit when it comes to the operating budget of a place like Mizzou.
Fed. grants, private donations, state appropriations, and tuition dollars are driving research funding.