COVID-19 Might End The Age Of Skyrocketing NCAA Expenses

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Ten billion, three hundred fifty-seven million, one hundred forty-nine thousand, fifty-one dollars. 

That's how much cumulative money landed on the 2018 expense sheet of 230 NCAA Division I institutions required to release data, and it looks just as scary in numerals: $10,357,149,051. 

The smallest budget was still more than four million dollars.

Thirty-four schools spent over $100 million.

Sixty-three schools spent over $50 million.

And 215 out of 230 schools spent over $10 million. 

So much of what's being written right now about college athletics is speculation, and that's not a bad thing. There are a lot of important "what if" questions out there. But let's ignore all of that for a second and ask a different question that has nothing to do with speculation: What has spending looked like for athletic departments over the last 15 years?

The answer to that question can help us assess the magnitude of change that might be coming to college sports. 

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