Fun facts...Kansas athletic budget is $18M a year more than ISU's. They have one more women's sport than ISU...rowing. Their basketball budget is enormous, but generates (in a normal year), $6M in profit (notwithstanding additional Adidas payments). Their football team nearly doubled ticket sales in 2019 (Les Miles) to almost $5M in total. ISU ticket sales was nearly $12M. So basically, the basketball team keeps the football team afloat...they just have to put 11 bodies on the field to keep the TV revenue rolling in.
Does the KU budget include the payoffs to basketball players, or is that an off budget account? Asking for a friend.