Rife with controversy, Michigan is in the middle of their month-long, 39 location satellite camp blitz, which has sent the football coaches from Ann Arbor to as far away as Australia.

Criticism has ranged from how much the camps have been about recruiting, how good or bad they are for college football, and how much of the ordeal is a giant public relations stunt.

Now, assuredly, another item of criticism can be added to the list.

Manuel says satellite tour will cost between $300-350,000. — angelique (@chengelis) June 16, 2016

Per The Detroit News' Angelique Chengelis, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, who met with the university regents today to discuss athletics' fiscal budget for 2017 on Thursday, revealed that the satellite camp tour will cost between $300,000-350,000.

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The University of Michigan athletic department is a self-supported unit--with its finances coming from donors and revenue alike--and is currently operating at a surplus. According to USA Today, Michigan generates the fourth-most revenue in intercollegiate athletics, and is second in the Big Ten Conference, behind only Ohio State.