[ScottBev]

Affiliated? Yes. Two separate entities though. They do not receive any funding from the University. In fact the UAA has made a profit consistently for quite a while and has returned $6-8 million/year to the University.

So, yes the UAA gives ridiculous amounts of money to coaches, but they are making a decent ROI.

[ScottBev]

Also, the $6-8 million given to the University is after the UAA pays for all of the expenses of the non revenue producing sports teams.