If you followed the genesis of the whole student fee's vote at ku when Lew was the AD, you'd realize it was a total sham, and the student senate was bought out and wined and dined by the athletic department to support the amendment and the vote.
In an era where state support of public universities is dwindling every year, and with athletic departments making huge amounts of money. A mandatory student fee on every tuition bill to specifically support athletics is absurd. Of course in light of all that, ku then slaps students right in the face because they didn't kowtow to athletic and administration demands to keep the fees.
How can a ku fan brag about all the money that ku supposedly has ever support this move by the kuad? But they will, with guns blazing.