The story behind my topic choice

College sports are a huge part of the college atmosphere but where do they get the money for all the things that go into having a great team? And should the school be more financially helpful to sports programs?

For example, when a university gets a new stadium or uniforms, who pays for that? Is it taken out of the academic funding? Those are two tough and debatable questions to answer. There are many reasons why i chose the question "To what level should collegiate sports be funded? What is their relationship to academics?" to research. For one, i grew up watching and playing all kinds of sports and i have always been extremely fascinated with how the college systems are operated and set up. This question can go yes, college sports should be funded because they bring in revenue and publicity, or no, because the school should worry about their academics first. When you think of college sports you think of screaming college students, big pep rallies, and huge games that are talked about all week, but nobody ever really thinks about how all this is funded. It's by the college.

To me, college sports should be funded but after all the academics are taking care of because that is the biggest thing at the college. In the end, I want to have a better, lucid idea of where the money comes from to pay for all the athletic programs at universitys and i have chose this because i love sports, business and money is facinating to me, and some people complain about academics not having funding but sports does, so i want to determine if thats true.