I can see the number of sports teams being reduced, because they aren’t as profitable because they have to pay athletes.
—” the number of sports teams being reduced, because they aren’t as profitable”
Is that legal under Title IX?
Do Colleges Make Money
From Athletics?
https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/do-college-sports-make-money/
The majority of universities in the nation’s top athletic conferences lost money through their sports programs to the tune of approximately $16 million each.
It’s worse for Division I non-autonomy schools, or those outside the Power Five conferences. All 64 of these institutions lost money in 2019, with a median deficit of $23 million per school....
By any measure, college sports are a big business — but that doesn’t mean universities are getting rich off athletics. The reality is that most sports programs operate in the red. If the time comes when colleges have to pay athletes to participate, then the financial picture will change even more dramatically. But that’s a story for another day.