Just a week after GW opted into the House Settlement, the Hatchet is reporting that GW's budget outlook is grim. Expenditures are consistently outpacing revenue, graduate students are down, international students are a question mark, and the research enterprise is threatened by research cuts at the federal level. Senior leaders are being asked to take voluntary pay cuts.

What does this mean for the investment in athletics? How long will GW be able to afford buying NCAA Tournament-worthy talent? What does it take to keep the spigot flowing?