Actually, there was an article in the Chronicle a couple of years ago where the UU brass was talking about subsidies. Kind of hard to deny it when it is coming from UU sources.
Of course, if you look at the yearly athletic dept. reports in USA Today, Knight Commission, Chronicle of Higher Ed, or other sources you will see (as you implied elsewhere) that subsidies for P5 athletic teams have been subsidized for years and years. It really is a bad situation nation-wide.
Go Cougs!!!!!