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Old 05-03-2010, 09:45 PM   #455
sterlingice
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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA View Post
Riiiiight.

In FY 2010, the Tennessee athletic department handed over $10.3 million dollars to the general fund. And that's not counting over $4m the department paid in sales tax, nor the nearly $24m take on sales tax from concessions & tickets alone, nor that they're funding Title IX requirements with only $1m in state money (similar programs are getting $2.5m to $8m in that area).

I think Mike Hamilton (the AD) is an idiot, but the money isn't going into gold plated tubs there.

I was speaking towards the schools that weren't the 9 that actually put money towards the general fund. Honestly, I was surprised that any did.

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