Please read these then we can discuss what you think they have in a deficit. I have been told that the department has a surplus but they put overages into the general fund. And yes they have already surpassed their fundraising goals and have upped them significantly.
https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/
https://uclabruins.com/documents/2018/9/24/AnnualReport_1718_FULL.pdf
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uclabruins.com/documents/2018/9/24/1718_05.pdf
https://www.dailynews.com/2013/04/0...-director-guerrero-new-contract-through-2019/
I don’t understand. All of these links say that part of the expenses for the athletic department are paid through private donations. One of the link says it was 20% for 2018. Donators receive tax breaks for those donations. My point is that schools shouldn’t be taking funds out of the general tax pool to pay for inflated coaches salaries, etc. Take away the tax breaks, and then you would have a better argument. Trump’s tax bill actually attempted to cut back on some of it, but I don’t know if it ultimately got in the bill.
We don’t even have to get into the fact that the UCLA athletic department was caught selling admissions spots to secure donations. Seriously, who can believe anything out of the UCLA athletic department at this point?
Apart from that, sports like soccer, of course, make no money for schools, so I’m not sure how anyone can justify an inflated salary of a soccer coach when football or basketball make money. The soccer teams have no more right to that money than any other organization at the school unless a donation (hopefully without tax breaks) is specifically designated for the sport.