Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Iowa athletics will suffer budget pain without football this fall — but don't bet on a new financial model - Mark Emmert, Hawk Central

Kinnick Stadium is sitting idle this fall for the first time since it was built in 1929, leaving a void that goes beyond the seven Saturdays when it would have been full of reveling Hawkeye fans. Among the biggest impacts: Iowa's athletic department will pay a steep financial price. Athletic director Gary Barta said he has a plan to overcome the eight-figure financial hit from a fall without football, and those who study the economics of college sports agree that the situation is not yet dire for America’s top universities.
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2020/09/03/iowa-football-gary-barta-athletic-department-can-withstand-canceled-big-ten-season/5680025002/