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Jan 30, 2025
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Ham
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As a taxpayer, I insist that the U of U shut its athletic program down forever.
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Yes furlong.. say it isn’t bad
1984coug
Jan 30, 9:33am
And conference commissioners should be holding ADs accountable for this too
1984coug
Jan 30, 9:34am
"an exit to the Big12"...
whirl
Jan 30, 9:37am
They paid for a lot of tattoo removals for their staff
jollaksentie
Jan 30, 9:43am
55-32. They lost 23 million by going to B12. Lucky it was only a 17M deficit.
ochobeeguy
Jan 30, 9:45am
Too bad they couldn't keep taking comcast overpayments in the pac
Unibro
Jan 30, 12:25pm
Utah got a $15-20 million raise by moving to the B12.
ParentingNotForSissy
Jan 30, 3:22pm
incorrect, they lost it because the Pac12 sucked and then they killt it off
icecougar
Jan 31, 10:12am
And the "exit to the Big 12" saved their financial bacon.
runnincoug
Jan 30, 11:27am
RE: And the "exit to the Big 12" saved their financial bacon.
icecougar
Jan 31, 1:46pm
As a taxpayer, I insist that the U of U shut its athletic program down forever.
Ham
Jan 30, 9:37am
As an Idaho taxpayer I insist as well.
mudpupper
Jan 30, 9:53am
I know you say this in jest but as a taxpayer there is no excuse for this kind of mismanagement
BYU Grounds
Jan 30, 9:57am
I'm not jesting.
Ham
Jan 30, 10:02am
Right. The real joke is that government funded it at all. #defundutah
Brandoblueblood
Jan 30, 11:48am
I scored an eyeroll from the guy who insist tithing money goes to BYU athletics
Brandoblueblood
Jan 30, 5:39pm
Piling on. Arizona Taxpayer here. The Puke athletic program should be shut
CariocaCoug
Jan 30, 10:00am
Um...
millar667
Jan 30, 1:16pm
let me be honest I don't really care about taxpayers in this context
CariocaCoug
Jan 30, 1:55pm
RE: As a taxpayer, I insist that the U of U shut its athletic program down
Still Blue
Jan 30, 10:01am
As an Arizona taxpayer, I insist that ASU and U of A athletic programs shut down
GilbertAZCougar
Jan 30, 12:41pm
No, nah, nope. Need AZ schools to keep playing so I have a warmer place to
CariocaCoug
Jan 30, 1:13pm
get the petition started
icecougar
Jan 31, 10:13am
For $6 million, McKinsey could try to fix that deficit
Great38
Jan 30, 9:38am
How'd 'exit to the B12' cost uu $. It was the PAC imploding. The B12 'saved' uu.
Benfica1
Jan 30, 9:44am
Because there some distributions surrendered and costs to dissolve the Pac.
Tokolosh
Jan 30, 10:06am
So...it was the PAC imploding.
Brandoblueblood
Jan 30, 11:49am
And who was responsible for that? Oh yes Utah over valuing the conference’s value
BYU Grounds
Jan 30, 1:24pm
So Basically they own that debt although the taxpayer gets stuck with thebag
Brandoblueblood
Jan 30, 10:37pm
The way they decided to word it is his point. It could have been worded….
Crowd Factor
Jan 30, 11:50am
Yup. Exiting to the big 12 is disingenuous. And you exit from a place not to one
Big Daddy D
Jan 30, 3:21pm
That’s advanced math that they teach at the U Its kind a like cold fusion
BYU Grounds
Jan 30, 1:23pm
Utah Athletic Department Debt: $95M
kccougar
Jan 30, 9:47am
What a poorly run athletic department
acougfan
Jan 30, 9:52am
As a Utahn, I strenuously object to any bailout. The university has plenty of donors and other projects that can be put
BYU Grounds
Jan 30, 9:56am
Kyle could pay off that debt by himself and still have plenty left over. C’mon, Kyle. Show us how much the…
Brisco
Jan 30, 12:58pm
If only it were an exit "from" and not "to"
Still Blue
Jan 30, 9:58am
The big12 paid more than their Pac12 agreement. Please explain Josh
BYU '80
Jan 30, 10:23am
Pac12 exit fees. But trying to make it sound like Big12 pays less and lesser
viper
Jan 30, 10:53am
Yeah should have said due to Pac12 exit fees which has nothing to do with
BYU '80
Jan 30, 11:40am
But Utah ran the numbers, presented them to the council for TV rights
CMAC38
Jan 30, 10:25am
I'm just glad my state taxes here in Washington are wasted on other things
Little Mac
Jan 30, 11:00am
Classic Ute-splaining
LV Coug
Jan 30, 1:24pm
RE: Yes furlong.. say it isn’t bad
Aud Nevada
Jan 30, 1:40pm
The past two seasons weren’t too bad for them either
I'mBatman
Jan 30, 2:31pm
Perfect embodiment of KSL...like all other legacy media...
LateToTheGame
Jan 30, 4:05pm
So glad I'm not going to be bailing them out, that would be so irritating!
Brighams
Jan 30, 4:22pm
$17 M deficit for an entire athletic department is only news on CB…
SoggyBB
Jan 30, 5:14pm
and ksl.com apparently
HandwovenBox
Jan 30, 5:55pm
No, rivalry smack aside, any public entity racking up massive debt for sports
Still Blue
Jan 30, 7:03pm
yep. 5 million or 50 million. An athletic department drawing money from students
runnincoug
Jan 30, 9:35pm
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