How does Michigan fund its athletic program? Eastern Michigan? USA Today provides some answers in an online athletics finance database for each Division I university. The database is compiled from revenue and expense forms each school has to submit to the NCAA.

A peek at the answers: For the 2007-08 school year, Michigan pulled in $40 million in ticket sales, $15 million in contributions, $20.7 million in conference distributions, $2 million in broadcast rights and zero from student fees.

At Eastern, according to the database, there was $8.2 million in student fees, $8.2 from institutional support, $4.9 million from indirect facilities and administrative support, and $1.2 million in conference distributions.