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That shouldn't be new to anyone. USAID is in the name, US Aid, and has been a joke since its inception.

It's not that simple. At home we let them put us in a 17-point halftime hole. At their place it never felt like we had a chance. Frankly, I think they're a better program than us. They're able to hang onto really good players and add to the fold. That's what good programs are able to do in this day and age. They are more athletic than us, more skilled than us, and more aggressive than us. And that's not really a 2024-2025 ordeal. It's been this way. We have to dogfight them with our defense while also outshooting them to overcome their superior athleticism/coaching. It's been this way. So, you can say, "oh, beat them with a 3 and lost to them by not hitting a 3." It's not that simple. It never is.

net at 60 today

I think it's a good thing to give students the opportunity to choose what they pay for. Want to use the exercise facilities? Pay as you go. Want to go to a game? Pay as you go. Same with arts and music. Make things more transparent and give parents and students the freedom to choose. Lower costs for the college degree should be the #1 priority for all public schools. It would then be up to the AD, the Dean of College of Music, and others to work on getting interest and attendance. I have a kid at a college out of state and it costs $30k for his cost of attendance, even after a scholarship that waives a lot of out of state costs. The list of fees he pays is ridiculous, as he never attends a concert, an exhibit, or a play. He does attend games--which he pays an extra fee to get an all-sports pass. People wonder why it takes forever to pay for a college education when they have to borrow to pay for it. These extra fees are a big part of that, which the student and their family has no say in at all. You can say that you can go somewhere else that doesn't have athletics fees like we do, but the fact remains that the fees exist for many other colleges within the university that are unnecessary.