You have stated this for over a year but Senter said they made money last year for football. Enron book keeping? Perhaps. But those books are certified by the president/UTEP. Senter does not put his own signature on it.
There needs to be a comparison and analysis. Compare to other programs and see where Senter is coming from and compare it to today's FBS standards. Hell, compare it La Tech. They have low attendance every year (but put a competitive product every year).
Have fun, I've posted this before ctrl+F and search ATH or athletics
https://www.utep.edu/vpba/_Files/docs/Operating-Budget-2020.pdf
here's a new doc i found
https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/defa...t/utep-ncaa-agreed-upon-procedures-report.pdf
and for your further enjoyment, feel free to search here
https://www.utsystem.edu/documents/reports-state
Interesting tidbit from the above audit for football (page 13)
1 Ticket Sales $ 645,341.00
3 Student Fees 3,548,507.98
4 Direct Institutional Support 3,505,854.50
5 Transfers to Institution - - - - - -
6 Indirect Institutional Support 724,146.66
6A Indirect Institutional Support - Athletic Facilities Debt Service, Lease, and Rental Fees 433,809.53 18,
8 Contributions 609,747.45
9 In-Kind - - - - - -
10 Compensation and Benefits Provided by a Third-Party 117,420.00
11 Media Rights 315,986.09
12 NCAA Distributions 464,168.43 233,
13 Conference Distributions 17,860.26
13A Conference Distributions of Bowl Generated Revenue 795,561.91
14 Program, Novelty, Parking, and Concessions Sales 173,726.87
15 Royalties, Licensing, Advertisements, and Sponsorship's 1,333,631.37
16 Sports Camp Revenues 11,935.00
17 Athletics Restricted Endowment and Investment Income 50,486.55
18 Other Operating Revenues 121,011.95
19 Bowl Revenue -----
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES $ 14,269,195.60
(insert expenses here)
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $ 12,048,020.15
Debt is interesting, but not surprising
Total Athletics Related Debt $12,375,000.00
Google can be your friend