A proposed “Athletics Excellence Fee,” meant to answer athletic funding for a newly restructured Pac-12, seeks to add a new fee to students’ base tuition per term.
On Jan. 22, this proposed fee was discussed by the University Budget Committee, with the fee drawing outrage from the student government and the student body.
A Student Fee Committee statement from a Jan. 13 meeting proposing the SFC’s budget for the 2027 fiscal year, said the Athletics Excellence Fee “violated the mutual trust” between the Associated Students of Oregon State University and athletics in their Memorandum of Understanding, signed in 2024…