When college sports shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, university athletic departments started trimming expenses like they were peeling an apple. Now that the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences have postponed the fall season entirely, budgets could be slashed to the core. Many departments in those conferences, and others that are now postponing fall sports, had already laid off staff and reduced salaries. Stanford eliminated entire teams, citing financial strain exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic....

Source: Wall Street Journal August 16, 2020 13:52 UTC