It's $20.5M
I'm sure there will be a $20.5M line item in the publicly available university financial disclosures...when those are release for FY2026. The university has publicly stated that they will be spending to the cap.
I'm sure there is NOT a breakdown of payments to particular individuals.
The former ($20.5M) will have an impact to the extent that athletic department spending affects other parts of the school budget.
The latter is what the University is resisting releasing. Mostly because no good can come of it.
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Collegiate Times FOIA request of revenue-sharing agreement denied
-- The_Stratman
Feb 24, 2026 at 05:15 PM ET
The_Stratman
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02/24/26 05:15 PM ET
Bad idea - these are private arrangements with a significant non-gov’t $$
-- CMU Hokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 06:53 PM ET
CMU Hokie
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02/24/26 06:53 PM ET
Shadow cost of affordability
-- CMU Hokie
Feb 25, 2026 at 06:56 PM ET
CMU Hokie
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02/25/26 06:56 PM ET
FOIA obligations don't allow for a "good/no good" judgment by the agency...
-- One4VT
Feb 26, 2026 at 04:16 PM ET
One4VT
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02/26/26 04:16 PM ET
Very cynical and bad faith then, IMO
-- One4VT
Feb 26, 2026 at 04:46 PM ET
One4VT
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02/26/26 04:46 PM ET
They can only exempt the parts of the record that identify the individual
-- One4VT
Feb 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM ET
One4VT
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02/25/26 12:54 PM ET
a FOIA request answer does not prevent “making VT the most attractive …” or
-- HtownHokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM ET
HtownHokie
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02/24/26 11:12 PM ET
Which entity signs for grantor or provider of funds?**
-- tallahasseehokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 08:10 PM ET
tallahasseehokie
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02/24/26 08:10 PM ET
South Carolina legislature is working on this same issue.
-- GreenvilleVT
Feb 24, 2026 at 05:33 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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02/24/26 05:33 PM ET
Sounds like they are right to me.**
-- reestuart
Feb 25, 2026 at 09:13 AM ET
reestuart
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02/25/26 09:13 AM ET
Apparently North Carolina already exempted this from their FOIA unlike S.C.**
-- The_Stratman
Feb 24, 2026 at 06:12 PM ET
The_Stratman
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02/24/26 06:12 PM ET