@NILnotNLI@RossDellenger You mean the athletic fee that's the lowest of any university in the commonwealth of Virginia and will remain among the lowest in the commonwealtheven after the increase?
Good god, are you going for a record for how many times someone can be wrong in a single day? The $39.6M in bridge funding is "temporary institutional support" that is in addition to the permanent increase in university funding. It's a separate line item because the financial support is only temporary until the AD has enough self-generating revenue that it is no longer needed. That doesn't mean it's a loan. In reference to your other post, the $15.2M for Hokie Ventures is part of the $39.6M in bridge funding, not in addition. That's the only part that needs to be repaid, with no interest BTW. So we've gone from you claiming that the VT athletic department is going to have $35M in debt every year to a single interest-free $15.2M loan. Anything else you need me to school you on?
Wrong yet again! It's an increase in funding. That means it's not a loan and it's not debt. And VT currently has the lowest athletic fee of any college in Virginia and it will remain lower than most other colleges in the commonwealth, even after the increase. Also, VT's tuition+fees is significantly lower than PSU's, all while having a better academic ranking and grads that make more money. So which school is robbing their students?
Shockingly, a PSU fan doesn't know what he's talking about. Of VT's plan to increase the AD budget by $229M over the next 4 years, a significant portion will come from an increase in funding from the university/student fees. They need $120M in donations by 2029 to make the plan work. Seeing as how this donation plus a $20M donation from December 2025 gets gets them to over 75% of that goal, I think they'll be just fine. Kindly go pound a rock.