The institution is facing a $40+ million deficit. It isn’t clear if athletic programs will be affected.
The head coach gets paid $4 million per year. Extrapolate that to the lackeys and you could probably wipe out almost half of the deficit.
> WVU produced $102,684,423 in revenue, which was a decrease from the $110.5 million produced by the department the previous year. However, it was still more than enough to cover the program’s $91,807,281 in expenses.
https://wvmetronews.com/2019/08/12/west-virginia-ranked-37th...
Football isn't broken out here, but it generally subsidizes other sports, so if you wipe out the football program, you aren't going to help the deficit.