We call that Holmingers Football Schedule.
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Bravo. That got a literal LOL from me.
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Fact check… BYU does not have this kind of money. Further more, the BYU AD is financially self sustaining. They get no funds from the school or the LDS church.
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The LDS Church highly subsidizes the operation of BYU as a whole so while it may be technically true that there might not be direct funds into the athletic department there is a massive indirect subsidy.
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$0 goes to the athletic department. The LDS church as a private organization can do what they want with their money and if they choose to subsidize tuition that is their prerogative.
Also, the original post talked about the school not the LDS Church.
Should we now go down the rabbit hole of how my tax dollars are subsidizing Utah Athletics. That conversation, along with the conversation of your tithing dollars being used to subsidize BYU Athletics, is a futile effort.
Well, Utah is a public institution, and as such, gets tax dollars. You can complain about that if you want to, but then you are opening up all sorts of “rabbit holes” about what tax dollars are used for (and also, organizations that are tax exempt).
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Utah tax dollars being used to subsidize and help the average student at the University of Utah is a good thing and I am not complaining about that. Tithing being used to help the average BYU student is a good thing and nobody should be complaining about that. Both subsidies benefit their respective athletic departments equally.
We are not going to change it to others opinions today. I have said what I’m going to say and I’ve heard what you had to say. As far as I’m concerned this topic is closed.
Says the guy who kept the topic open until HE decided it was closed. LOL
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I have always rationalized that the money available to BYU indirectly from the church is offset by the trouble they have recruiting for various reasons. I think that imbalance is dissipating now because of the billionaire alumni who subsidize BYU athletics. If BYU is doing well now, and attracting players who are otherwise would not choose BYU because of its nature, but because of the money, Then they’re just doing whatever every other D1 program is doing. They’re succeeding and getting these kinds of players because of wealthy alumni. That’s not just fan banter, that’s a fact. Period. Full stop.
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They claim no church funds are used for athletics but they claimed no tithing was spent on the mall when we all know that isn’t the truth. If byu athletics needed money, I have no doubt the church would provide it.
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