And the Utah taxpayers are subsidizing the U of U athletic department with $14MM

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Apr 8, 2015
6:11:05pm

HarlemCoug

And the Utah taxpayers are subsidizing the U of U athletic department with $14MM

per year. It's crazy to me that UT taxpayers put up with that. BYU's athletic department gets zero tax (and zero tithing dollars), so I'm not sure why BYU fans allow their government to take their money and give it to the Yewts.
They are using your money to pay "coach k" -

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HarlemCoug

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Krystkowiak gets $2.4mm per year through 2022-23... not a bad extension.

Tokolosh

4/8/15 3:30pm

Heck of a coach, wish he would leave

checoug

4/8/15 3:31pm

Sounds like they overpaid. Whit Makes $2.6M.

4/8/15 3:33pm

Tourney shares are valuable...

Tokolosh

4/8/15 3:39pm

8.3M / 12

rggee

4/8/15 3:45pm

Technically 13. But If you are in a league that routinely gets 4+ teams in

Tokolosh

4/8/15 3:54pm

If only the PAC-12 were such a league...

4/8/15 3:58pm

Utah won't make up what they are paying out. Not directly.

4/8/15 3:55pm

They make quite a bit...

Tokolosh

4/8/15 4:00pm

It gets broken up among 12 schools. A sweet 16 is not a significant windfall,

4/8/15 4:01pm

The basketball distribution Utah currently gets is more than this contract...

Tokolosh

4/8/15 4:05pm

Ahem. What fantasy are you speaking of?

4/8/15 4:46pm

Oops. I was iOSed. Should be fan base.

Tokolosh

4/8/15 6:46pm

then why do you need $14MM of taxpayer money?

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 7:07pm

Basketball is not the only sport at Utah. The $14mm is a subsidy for the

Tokolosh

4/8/15 8:37pm

the Yankees are the country's flagship sports franchise and even though I'm

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 10:15pm

And here I thought Utah State was the flagship State school in Utah.

4/8/15 11:47pm

A recent state audit shows that the BB program had a $2M profit

4/8/15 3:58pm

Well that settles that.

4/8/15 4:09pm

Interesting, they finished the season ranked 15th

4/8/15 4:26pm

Doesn't mean you'll keep him but I'm sure that will help

ManicBlue

4/8/15 3:37pm

Thats big money. Utah is definitely in with the big boys.

Blueto

4/8/15 3:37pm

That is a safe bet to make. Much more likely that K wants out than the

BGRTHNUMEGO

4/8/15 3:39pm

Some draft boards have Poeltl listed as a lottery pick

ManicBlue

4/8/15 3:42pm

Losing him, Wright, and Bachynski really changes the dynamic of that team.

BGRTHNUMEGO

4/8/15 3:45pm

Lowest I've seen of late is 14 .... some as high as 8

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:03pm

Pretty amazing for a kid from Austria. I can't think of even another

ManicBlue

4/8/15 4:04pm

Just checked, hes the only one I can find

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:06pm

Bill Walton talked at length about this, as well as the Austrio-Hungarian Empire

sheriffcreg

4/8/15 4:30pm

IOW ... Bill was stoned ... again

ManicBlue

4/8/15 4:32pm

Bills living the dream

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:33pm

Rumor has it he will be back for one more year like Bogut

Upanddown

4/8/15 4:07pm

I am almost always in favor of guys going to the NBA asap as almost always

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:09pm

Agreed. Poeltl still seems very raw.

4/8/15 4:10pm

I watched a decent amount of him and was not impressed until the tourney.

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:14pm

If a kid is going to be a lottery pick, it's crazy to stay in school IMO

ManicBlue

4/8/15 4:23pm

The #1 pick next year is already decided. It isn't going to be Poetl.

BGRTHNUMEGO

4/8/15 4:17pm

Not quite, but its certainly not going to be Poetl.

Ebolarama

4/8/15 4:22pm

Excellent news.

4/8/15 3:48pm

Posting this on a rival sports board....

Heinz57

4/8/15 3:52pm

their board sucks big time

ManicBlue

4/8/15 3:53pm

who else is he going to share his exciting news with?

kccougar

4/8/15 4:09pm

And the Utah taxpayers are subsidizing the U of U athletic department with $14MM

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 6:11pm

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4/8/15 6:40pm

Its the flagship state school. Of course there are subsidies.

Tokolosh

4/8/15 6:47pm

I don't think taxpayers should pay for sports at the Yew - the Yew can get their

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 7:05pm

I think the comment is in regards to subsidies

BYU '80

4/8/15 7:08pm

Correct, the $14MM of taxpayer money is specifically for the Yew's athletic dept

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 7:10pm

Subsidies for state schools are not uncommon...

Tokolosh

4/8/15 8:34pm

The church no longer subsidizing the tuition at BYU - my guess is that this

HarlemCoug

4/8/15 10:50pm

byu also isn't getting 20+ million in TV revenue

BYU '80

4/9/15 4:35am

Sorry, but where are you getting that figure?

4/8/15 11:01pm

I did a quick search - here are the numbers for 2012 -subsidy at the bottom

HarlemCoug

4/9/15 12:40am

You are assuming this "subsidy" was paid through tax money.

4/9/15 5:17am

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