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Long way - and there are budgets, but .... by NDoggie78

I get tired of Notre Dame always being behind in spending. I realize that a lot of schools operate in the red in their athletic budgets. Notre Dame is not one of those. I know football covers the expenses of the non-revenue sports, but I'm guessing that if women's basketball is not operating in the black, it is not requiring much of a subsidy (unlike most other schools).

And then there are alumni (some with planes) that might cover such an excursion.

Now I'm sure there are many legit reasons for not being there of which we aren't aware - let's just don't let $$$ be one of them if the spending is deemed necessary.

P.S. I'm good at spending other people's money, but if they have it ...