OT: LSU athletics expects to lose $80 million because of COVID-19

From ESPN:

LSU's athletic department says it expects to lose $80 million in revenue due to the impact of COVID-19 and is laying off employees and reducing salaries of others.

Here's their revenue from the previous year:

I don't understand where the $80m is coming from - I assume the $40m from ticket sales are gone, but I'm not sure where the other $40m comes from... maybe a combination of lost donations, lost TV revenue, and an increase in cost?

Regardless, pretty scary to see an Athletic Department lose ~60% of their revenue

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