The Trump Administration could cut down Harvard Sports

Question

In this article by Sportico, it talks about the ongoing feud between Trump vs Harvard and how this can affect Harvard's Division 1 sports. Harvard currently have over 40 Division 1 sports and 21% of Harvard Athletes are international students. According to Niche, Harvard is ranked #4 for the best school in America for International students. Now according the Trump administration and Sportico, Trump would freeze $2.2 billion dollars in tax funding to the school. This wouldn't help any of the scholarships that Harvard provides nor the sports scholarships that help fund these international athletes. Now as of right now; the Trump administration hasn't made moves to directly cut down any of the sports teams at Harvard University directly but cutting down their government funding will make it hard for all 40 Division 1 teams at Harvard to stay alive.

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2025/donald-trump-harvard-foreign-ban-sports-1234848870/

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/top-colleges-for-international-students/

https://gocrimson.com/

Answer 1

o better support this point, it would be useful to explain how federal funding is tied to athletic programs at universities like Harvard. For example, while Ivy League schools like Harvard do not offer athletic scholarships in the traditional NCAA sense, many international athletes rely on need-based financial aid supported in part by federal funding. Highlighting this connection would clarify how freezing $2.2 billion could jeopardize the participation of international athletes and strain the overall sustainability of Harvard's 40 Division 1 teams

Comments

What's your source? I don't see any listed.