U of Oregon student government wants to stop payments to athletics
The student section at Autzen Stadium during a football game, pre-pandemic. Members of the student government at the University of Oregon were reviewing their $17 million annual budget last summer when they came across a decades-old contract with the athletics department, which gave students access to tickets for football and basketball games. About 10 percent of the student government budget, or $1.7 million, was going to the athletics department each year in exchange for “free” student...
Source: insidehighered.com