Go in debt by many millions of dollars by building a football stadium that few care about, then trash your academic programs as you feel the money crunch. Ah, the glory of phony "big time" athletics.
That is pretty much exactly the way I see it too.
They did exempt law professors and a couple other successful programs, but 47% seems like you were BADLY managing things right up until now. They discussed this in March of '17 and said no and then did the "university thing" and formed a committee that they announced is being at least temporarily scrapped.
UA enrollment down YSU enrollment up
UA athletic budget out of controll YSU at least being managed.
UA budget in serous trouble YSU budget balanced for first time in long time.
US let Tressel get away YSU smart enough to JUMP on UA's mistake.