Am I the only one, that thinks spending 600 million on athletics facilities is retarded? I love college football, but I bet a lot of the gaps in the funding from this comes directly from the absolutely, already retarded tuition costs that universities are charging. Could be wrong, especially with the current state of Alabama Football, but my god..really?.

I agree that $600 million is insane to spend.

But I just checked Ole Miss's tuition and it's about $4,000 and change. For a 4-year degree that's about $35,000 for tuition. I know college is more than tuition, but that's not as high as I thought it would be. With any sort of a decent major, you should make that back in a year or two. Certainly not with a BS major.

Alabama averages 25k per year for in state kids and 45k for out of state. That’s just tuition. I have a buddy who’s daughter scored a 31 on the ACT and got a free ride to UA. He told me he still pumps out thousands of dollars a year just on meal plans, parking, sorority dues, bike racks, etc.

https://financialaid.ua.edu/cost/

They estimate $24,982 total

Yes, that's total cost of attendance....not "just tuition".

Uhhhhh....no.

Tuition at UA is $5390 per semester for full-time enrollment for Alabama residents....$10780 per year.

Now, start adding on room, board, books, etc...you're spending some real money.

My buddy's kid had full ride tution and books at auburn. It waa still $18,000 for dorm and food pass last year.

Average folks have to sell organs to pay for kids college cost But also there should be mutiny for uncontrolled tuition hikes. I payed $265 dollars a quarter at AUM in 1983. My daughters tuition was $6000 a semester at AUM last year.