Will only grow with decreasing enrollment, as the number of athletes stay the same.

that just means the university will cut that much more from somewhere else. Admittance is not even set for fall as acceptance has been extended. Football has already spent its money through booking flights, busses, etc. only ones who would suffer would be winter and spring non revenue sports.

Fall sports always make out in mid year budget cuts, because they have a
Ready spent their money, many times before the season already starts.

That money is already appropriated,from the FY 2021 budget, the budget is set before they even know what actual enrollment numbers will be this year. And yes, fall sports spend their money (technically) before the new fiscal year takes effect. You’ve booked flights And charter busses, banquet facilities and catering. You’ve, ordered all the equipment, cloth, shoes and coaches clothes, all well before July. those goods start arriving the first day of July. You’ve basically spent the budget for fall sports before the fiscal year even begins. That’s why fall sports are most always Insulated from mid year budget cuts.

Some maybe, but when you order customized apparel, kind of hard to send back, and fall sports have 6 weeks at most many items 3-4 weeks before they are needed. So those order are set and a pay date of early July, usually the 10th or so. Better cancel now if you don’t want the cost.