he was AD.

IIRC, the annual payment to satisfy the debt is $7M. And WSU’s athletic department has the lowest operating budget of any PAC 12 school.

In 2021-22, they had $70M in revenue and $84M in expenses. By comparison, Oregon State had revenues and expenses of $77M.

The transfer of $1.4M is chump change but it does indicate the department’s inability to raise that from its limited pool of donors.