MidAmerican Conference programs are at the bottom of the ladder in the college sports arms race. In this high dollar world of champagne tastes, MAC programs function on a beer budget on the backs of their students.
Remember that time you were sitting at work and wondering how much your favorite MidAmerican Conference member institution made and spent on their athletic program? Well hold your breath no longer since USAToday released the 2014-2015 athletic budget database today.
For fans of the MAC and its member institutions, today's release shouldn't reveal shocking information. MAC programs, on the whole, are largely underfunded in comparison to their Power 5 brethren.