The part that bothers me is that the administration say they want to run it like a business. A couple of the revenue producing sports W-basketball at Wichita state lost $700,000, KU $1.9 million, and K-State $1.1 million. Pretty tough running a business with those numbers. I get it tiltle IX issue, gender equity - but does it really cost that much to have a team. Come on find some sports that don't cost so much and meet the NCAA and US Department of education guidleines. These buyouts of coaches are shameful. They either do their job or they don't. We should be more interested in giving kids college opportunities instead of golden parachutes for coaches. We as taxpayers do have a say in how the schools are running their "business" on taxpayer property. If they want to be totally independent they should go buy a piece of property and build a stadium or arena, locker rooms, class rooms etc. I think they are STUDENT athletes
first (not farm clubs) I hope. Those student athletes do recieve local, state & federal tax dollars as well. Who do you think cleans, maintains those building, provides security. That is correct it is people not in those programs budgets, teacher salaries do not come out of athletic budgets. To assume we should have no say is totally wrong.