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Poor economy cuts into college athletics

By Alan Scher Zagier

The Associated Press

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Count college sports among the sagging economy's latest victims.

A newly released NCAA report shows that just 14 of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools made money from campus athletics in the 2009 fiscal year, down from 25 the year before.

Researchers blame the sagging economy and suggested that next year's numbers could be even worse.

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