Virginia the one state that forces these school to disclose whether or not the money is going to sports, has seen a MASSIVE INCREASE in MANDATORY athletic fees which needs to paid by by EVERY FUCKING STUDENT.

At JMU a public school in Virginia, students are forced to pay $3,000 a year in Athletic fees for the college football program.

The only difference between the schools in virgina, which top the chart in most expensive athletic fees, and other major football schools is that virginia has a law making it illegal for schools to divert tuition to sports so they just charge thousands is mandatory athletic fees.

I'm currently at a top university in Europe that has sporting facilities with multiple fields, a swimming pool, basketball courts, raketball courts, track fields, rugby fields, and a stadium. Student athletic fees for my university is less than a thousand euros.

The $3000 athletic fee is for the football team

It is common knowledge these schools spend tuition money on football. Thats why there were multiple bills proposed and passed in the Virginia state legislator in an attempt to stop it from happening. Instead schools are now doing athletic fees

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1217/text/SB1217

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2025/virginia-bill-college-sports-subsidies-student-fees-1234824931/

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/12/18/james-madison-university-generates-more-money-from-mandatory-student-fees-for-athletics-than-any-other-school-in-the-nation/

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

THE GOAL IS TO TURN THESE SCHOOLS INTO BRANDS/ PROFESSION SPORTS TEAMS.

The elite private schools are hedge funds

The deans of these schools want to condense college football into one or two conferences and have the valuation of their sport franchises become as valuable as NFL teams.

They are sacrificing the quality of the education of their schools to make more money.

I don't have any bias against any schools, I am mad that the sport of college football is being destroyed and the education thousands of students are getting is being devalued because deans and athletic directors want to make money

This isn't also the first time something like this has happened to American education

It happened in the 30s when the ivy league and northern schools ditched football in the early 1900s-1930s to favor academics and become hedgefunds.

Then in the 60s the elite southern schools left the football conferences to try to copy harvard and yale and Chicago. IT worked for Tulane, Rice, and Duke.

We're seeing the result of the 1981 OU vs NCCA Supreme court decision of schools being able to sell college football themselves to TV studios, the consolidation of football programs into super programs, and the result NIL leading to some schools become monopolies in college football. They think they can be the NFL with their football programs worth billions.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Virginia is not a football money maker, though. They have a shitty program that is in the upper echelon of competition and yet doesn’t attract many eyes. They’re exactly the sort of school I’m talking about. I don’t think Michigan has athletic fees.

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They do have fees,

And if you re read my comment,

The virginia schools lead in athletics fees because they passed a law where tuition can't go to sports

Michigan and other schools just spend tuition money on sports

I literally posted an article and the link to the state law from Virginia

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net -1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But you don’t have any evidence that they do besides Virginia, with bad football revenue streams, do; am I mistaken?

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 5 points 15 hours ago

YOU CAN GOOGLE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDENT FEES YOURSELF!!!!

I DID

IT TAKES 2 SECONDS!