In late April, students rebuffed the financially troubled athletic department at the University of New Orleans. They voted against a fee increase to help pay for varsity sports, leaving the university to consider dropping baseball, basketball and every other sport. As athletic costs rise and as states continue to reduce spending on higher education, many athletic departments are seeking income beyond ticket sales, booster donations and television revenue to help stem the flow of red ink. Students seem less inclined to pick up the tab, especially at universities that do not field major-college football teams. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/sports/30colleges.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
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Universities will likely just start burying the costs into tuition or something else where its automacially taken care of. Then athletic fees will seem 'included' and paid for.
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