I'm not posting this to troll Auburn but to show that not every athletic department, even those in the mighty SEC, are lands flowing with milk and honey. I don't want to start another "pay for play" argument but I still don't see where the money will come from for most schools.
Looking at 2012 data, only 52 schools operated with a surplus of a million+ and 98 either broke even or were in the red. (the entire list below includes 228 schools.) And if the thought is you pay each player 100k each year (without covering their tuition) an AD department would have to make at least 8.5 million a year (100k X 85 players) just to cover that figure. This would leave only 13 schools with that ability...
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