It is incorrect for the opponent to say that "athletic departments loose money" for two reasons. The first is the simple intution that athletic departments are directly funded by money garnered from tuition fees. The University of Nairobi for example, situated in Kenya, demarcated 11% of it's total revenue toward student athletic activities according to the offical website for East African Universities. The second is even if it is true that the collage departments loose money, the motion says athletes get a "direct share of the revenue they generate" in this case, it's simple. If the athletes don't make money, they do not get money, that argument is therefore less persuasive in this debate. Lastly, the argument on funding other sports, albeit strong, still is not reasonably proven.