They’re throwing so much money at the football stars, they are dragging down not only the sports programs but the colleges themselves. The donors are diverting to the athletic programs so they can sign top football and basketball recruits to multi-million dollar contracts, like this https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6867734/2025/12/06/mighigan-state-401-million-donation/
$400 m donaton, $237 m earmarked to athletics at Michigan State.
Really — who cares? The government has no business involving itself in that nonsense.