GAO found that before revenue sharing, Power-school athletic departments spent 36% of total expenses on coaching + support staff alone. Scholarships were 11%. Yes, Olympic sports cost money. But cutting athlete opportunities is a choice. Not an inevitability. And the revenue side matters too. @NILnomics breaks down something EADA can’t: where the money actually comes from. Before we decide what college sports “can afford,” we should probably understand both sides of the ledger. Worth reading: nilnomics.com/p/college-athl…

Olympic sports cost money. But cutting athlete opportunities is a choice, not an inevitability. The #PCSA doesn’t protect the process of those choices. GAO found that before revenue sharing, Power schools spent 36% of total athletic expenses on coaching + support staff. Scholarships were 11%. And @NILnomics shows why one national economic answer is so difficult: schools operating under the same NCAA rules have radically different revenue sources and economic models. That’s why Congress shouldn’t prescribe the outcome. Protect the process: require financial transparency, independent athlete representation, and a structure where economic rules can actually be negotiated. You can’t decide how to divide the pie until everyone knows what’s actually in it. 👇