(the athletic department) is an embarrassment?
Or when you said "wouldn't it be nice to support the flagship public university" you really meant, "wouldn't it be nice if they turned a blind eye and were never held accountable?"
If you wanna be Penn State, be my guest.
EVERY tax-payer funded institution should be ready for an audit any given year. It's smart oversight. It's not an embarrassment.
And when your basketball coach says "I'm going to take $80,000 and buy out the BYU contract." on public TV, guess what: That's an audit trigger. It's life. Just like if I were to report no taxable income on my taxes this year: It's an audit trigger.
The only thing embarrassing is how the Utes don't "get it".