The frustration is all too evident in this editorial, written by the head of Youngstown State’s student government. Recent statements by the associate director of athletics about where and how athletic money is spent anger him. Scholarship money doesn’t come out of ticket sales, as the associate director implies; it comes from students:
All of the scholarship money is paid for out of the $810 per student (roughly 10 percent of overall tuition) that goes from our tuition through the general fund to athletics.
The associate director also talks as if the budget is in good enough shape to fund capital projects, etc. The SGA president notes:
Athletics brings in $2.9 million in revenue and spends $11.96 million, resulting in a deficit of more than $9 million.
Youngstown State athletics boasts a 300 percent deficit.
No, YSU athletics isn’t dramatically awful, like Rutgers. It’s just typically cheesy.