From that linked article from EssentiallySports, the author writes:
Here’s the source X/tweet the writer is working from (Ryan Kartje is the USC beat writer from the LA Times):
https://x.com/Ryan_Kartje/status/1944857555223908852?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1944857555223908852|twgr^b60c483a3b412231ad9232b3a4e4e3812f2db209|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fsports%2Fother%2Fcollege-football-program-forced-into-painful-358m-cuts%2Far-AA1IGtQZ
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1.) it seems the EssentiallySports writer is taking the deficit from one year ($158M) and adding it to the next year’s estimate ($200M) to come up with a new shortfall of $358M. I don’t know the particulars, but it would seem to be an additional $42M in the red, not another $200M.
2.) Just what in the fuck is the website EssentiallySports? Another Fansided-type crap site?
Anyway, I could be wrong, but based on the X, I don’t trust the numbers as they are calculated in this article. Also, screw SC, being down $200M is bad enough.