Comments on: Expansion By The Numbers 6: Athletic Budgets

By: CharliChapan

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Blue Chip Stories | MrSEC.com — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:57:00 +0000

[...] Part 6: Athletic Budgets looked at — wait for it — the athletic spending of each of the 35 schools on our list. [...]

By: Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:28:38 +0000

ECU is the only one of those schools that doesn't get BCS money.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:26:54 +0000

The answer is sort of. Last year UofL earned $25 million in total revenues from men's basketball. That was an almost $18 million profit. For Kansas, those numbers were $15.7 million and $7.5 million respectively. Those two basketball programs make up for what those colleges lack in football revenues. Duke earned $12 million in revenues, but their basketball team operated at a $2 million loss. UCONN earned about $8 million in revenues and $2 million profit. For Duke and UCONN, this is not so true. (Figures are from CNN Money from the 2008-2009 season.)

Clearly, Louisville basketball is an outlier for these numbers. The most likely reason that UofL revenue and profits are so high is that Louisville is the largest metropolitan area in the US without a pro team of any kind. Thus UofL basketball becomes the de facto king of sports for a decent size city.

By: kfhonline

kfhonline — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:42:45 +0000

I still say East Carolina. Like the article states…once a team/university is in the SEC, spending will go up…more dollars will be available.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:49:04 +0000

Virginia was in the top 3 in the Director's Cup this year. Won 3 national championships and 7 ACC titles. Lacrosse, soccer, crew, swimming, tennis, baseball (we were in the final 4) we rock. Just struggling in football and mid-pack in basketball at the moment but both are on their way back. Go Hoos. And Roll Tide.

By: AllTideUp

AllTideUp — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:23:15 +0000

Look at what Virginia spends….

I thought those people were supposed to be good at math? lol They're like the Chicago Cubs of college atheltics, spending about as much money as all the big boys and pretty much getting nothing in return.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:45:52 +0000

In the middle of the 3rd quarter, here's how they stand with simple rank analysis (lower the better).

RankSchoolSum of Rank (1-5)
1Texas A&M 34
2Texas 38
3Baylor 46
4TCU 52
5Virginia 53
6Penn State 54
7N. Carolina 55
8Duke 55
9Notre Dame 64
10Cincinnati 66
11Virginia Tech 69
12NC State 71
13Wake Forest 72
14Pittsburgh 77
15Oklahoma 79
16Rutgers 81
17Maryland 88
18E. Carolina 94
19Texas Tech 94
20Missouri 96
21Louisville 98
22Florida State 98
23Boston College 101
24Clemson 102
25Connecticut 102
26Navy 103
27Oklahoma State 106
28Syracuse 113
29W. Virginia 113
30Kansas 116
31Georgia Tech 118
32Miami 122
33S. Florida 132
34Iowa State 139
35Kansas State 140

By: JaxGator

JaxGator — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:32:03 +0000

I'm surprised by Duke, Louisville, Kansas and UConn. Does (First Class) B-Ball drive that much expense? Most are between 40 to 60 mill, with about a dozen that spend 60+ mill. Only 5 have budgets that meet the SEC average.