WKU fighting uphill budgetary battle among C-USA peers
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...WKU’s athletic operating budget for the upcoming 2018-19 sports season is set at $23.3 million. That ranks 12th of 14 C-USA schools, per documents provided by the league to WKU and obtained by the Daily News.
The average athletic operating budget for Conference USA programs is $27,526,826.
WKU meanwhile ranks No. 11 in revenue from student athletic fees ($4.1 million) among the 12 C-USA schools that collect them. The league average for student athletic fee revenue is $9,303,203.
Stewart called budgetary issues “the single biggest frustration of my tenure as the athletic director.” .....
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...WKU’s athletic operating budget for the upcoming 2018-19 sports season is set at $23.3 million. That ranks 12th of 14 C-USA schools, per documents provided by the league to WKU and obtained by the Daily News.
The average athletic operating budget for Conference USA programs is $27,526,826.
WKU meanwhile ranks No. 11 in revenue from student athletic fees ($4.1 million) among the 12 C-USA schools that collect them. The league average for student athletic fee revenue is $9,303,203.
Stewart called budgetary issues “the single biggest frustration of my tenure as the athletic director.” .....