University Athletic Departments Revenue & Spending

[Buckskin86]

Athletics make, spend big bucks
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus- Ohio State's men's basketball team was not permitted to go to Italy. Otherwise, Ohio State's nearly $120 million athletic department has navigated the current economic climate while barely breaking financial stride.

The department, forecast to lose money during the 2008-09 fiscal year that ended June 30, did suffer a rare loss, but of only $148,026. That included a previously pledged $1 million donation to the school library.

According to the most recent comprehensive NCAA study, which is based on 2006 numbers, only 19 of 119 FBS schools [formerly called Division I-A] were self-supporting, so losing money isn't unusual. And the Buckeyes are undeterred. The projected 2009-10 budget is $118,025,600, a 2.3 percent increase over last year's budget, though last year's budget was a jump of 5 percent over the previous year.

Athletics make, spend big bucks - Cleveland.com

 

[Muck]

A couple of useful links popped up on Frank the Tank's expansion blog...

McMurphy's Law: Ohio State Still Big Spender With Alabama, Irish Closing Gap

Once again, Ohio State features the nation's biggest spending college football program, but Alabama and Notre Dame have closed the gap.

Last summer when FanHouse reported the amount of money schools spent on football programs, Ohio State easily had the deepest pockets of any school in the country for the 2008-09 school year.

Even though the Buckeyes spent about $500,000 less in the 2009-10 school year, the Buckeyes are still the nation's biggest spenders. Ohio State had expenses of $31.76 million last year, according to figures FanHouse obtained from the U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics.

The 2009-10 school year is the most recent data that is available.

While Ohio State put the most money in its program for a second consecutive year, Alabama moved up to No. 2. The Crimson Tide spent nearly $5 million more than the 2008-09 school year, reporting expenses of $31.11 million.

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Big Ten
1. Ohio State (1) $31.76
9. Wisconsin (8) $22.04
14. Penn State (17) $19.78
18. Iowa (3) $18.46
20. Michigan (25) $18.32
25. Nebraska (26) $17.93
27. Mich. State (36) $17.46
29. Minnesota (72) $17.43
36. Northwestern (38) $15.73
54. Indiana (57) $12.82
62. Purdue (53) $11.82
65. Illinois (64) $11.09

Also USA Today has a database showing the complete reported athletic department revenue & expenditures for all the public NCAA member institutions.

USA Today

 

[Diego-Bucks]

A couple of useful links popped up on Frank the Tank's expansion blog...

McMurphy's Law: Ohio State Still Big Spender With Alabama, Irish Closing Gap

Big Ten
1. Ohio State (1) $31.76
9. Wisconsin (8) $22.04
14. Penn State (17) $19.78
18. Iowa (3) $18.46
20. Michigan (25) $18.32
25. Nebraska (26) $17.93
27. Mich. State (36) $17.46
29. Minnesota (72) $17.43
36. Northwestern (38) $15.73
54. Indiana (57) $12.82
62. Purdue (53) $11.82
65. Illinois (64) $11.09

Also USA Today has a database showing the complete reported athletic department revenue & expenditures for all the public NCAA member institutions.

USA Today

Great find on the database. Looking through it though, do you by chance know what are the reasons in the different football budget for tOSU vs. a team like USC or Texas? I have to imagine that the scholarships are about equal (minus USC perhaps due to the private school factor), the coaching salaries and support staff salaries can't be drastically different.

It seems like it'd come down to travel costs, gameday overhead and then stadium upkeep and field/equipment maintenance and what not? Just interesting how we almost double the football budget of some of the other elite teams around the nation. I do know that tOSU probably hosts more camps than most universities, so maybe that adds into the football budget.

 

[Muck]

Looking through it though, do you by chance know what are the reasons in the different football budget for tOSU vs. a team like USC or Texas? I have to imagine that the scholarships are about equal (minus USC perhaps due to the private school factor), the coaching salaries and support staff salaries can't be drastically different.

I have no idea on how the football budgets break down but comparing the overall expenses of Ohio State & Texas:

Athletic Aid: $13.6M $7.9M
Guarantees: $7M $2.4M
Coaching Salaries: $15.5M $19.7M
Support Staff: $15M $24.6M
Recruiting: $1M $1.3M
Team Travel: $9M $7.6M
Equipment, Uniforms & Supplies: $603K $2.6M
Game Expenses: $4.7M $18.5M
Fund Raising, marketing & promotion: $1.8M $8.4M
Sports Camps Expenses: $3M $2.5M
Facilities: $31M $22M
Spirit Groups: $223K $1.3M
Medical expenses & insurance: $1.5M $1.6M
Memberships & Dues: $287K $338K
Other operating expenses: $15M $6.6M

It looks like the areas where Texas spends a lot more money than Ohio State:
Coaches Salaries: +4M
Support Staff: +9.6M
Uniforms: +2M
Game Expenses: +13.8M
Marketing: +6.5M

They also spend about $1M more on Spirit Groups and their recruiting budget is about 33% larger ($300K more).

I wonder why their game expenses are so much higher that's a crazy difference.

I think it's a pretty fair assumption to say that lion's share of most of those line items goes to support to the football programs at both schools.

 

[jwinslow]

Just an uninformed guess but the RRS at a neutral site might explain the costs.

 

[jlb1705]

I wonder what Auburn's budged looks like. I get a feeling we're about to find out. :crazy:

 

[Muck]

I wonder what Auburn's budged looks like. I get a feeling we're about to find out. :crazy:

Well you could always look it up at the link I posted above. :p

 

[Steve19]

Notre Dame.



$29 million.


Investment advisor: Bernie Madoff

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

I'd say auburn is probably up there.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Notre Dame.



$29 million.


Investment advisor: Bernie Madoff

Yeah but they don't have to share their BCS Bowl revenue with anyone. So they have that going for them. Which is nice.

 

[Gatorubet]

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/....ensbsn.com/2010/11/sec-rev...-money-machine/

The Top 100 Revenue Schools in the NCAA
1. Texas ? $143.5 million; 3.7% growth from 2008-09
2. Alabama ? $129.3 million; 24.4% growth *
3. Ohio State ? $123.2 million; 2.8% growth
4. Florida ? $116.5 million; 7.6% growth
5. LSU ? $109.9 million; 9.9% growth
6. Michigan ? $106.6 million; 12.1% growth
7. Penn State ? $106.6 million; 11.1% growth
8. Tennessee ? $100.7 million; 8.9% growth
9. Oklahoma ? $98.6 million; 21.1% growth
10. Wisconsin ? $93.9 million; 4.5% growth
11. Auburn ? $92.6 million; 6.4% growth
12. Notre Dame ? $90.8 million; 12.1% growth
13. Iowa ? $88.5 million; 11.3% growth
14. Georgia ? $88.0 million; 8.0% growth
15. Virginia ? $81.8 million; 21.9% growth
16. Stanford ? $81.7 million; 9.4% growth
17. Michigan State ? $80.0 million; 5.9% growth
18. South Carolina ? $80.0 million; 4.9% growth
19. Kentucky ? $79.7 million; 10.6% growth
20. Arkansas ? $78.1 million; 22.0% growth
21. USC ? $75.7 million; 5.5% decline
22. Oregon ? $75.4 million; 25.1% growth
23. Florida State ? $75.2 million; 1.1$ growth
24. Minnesota ? $73.6 million; 4.7% growth
25. Nebraska ? $73.5 million; 1.9% decline
26. Kansas ? $71.8 million; 1.8% growth
27. Texas A&M ? $71.8 million; 1.4% decline
28. California ? $69.0 million; 5.9% decline
29. Indiana ? $68.7 million; 13.5% growth
30. Duke ? $68.5 million; 3.6% decline
31. North Carolina ? $67.6 million; 3.6% decline
32. Oklahoma State ? $65.5 million; 8.7% decline
33. Boston College ? $64.5 million; 0.5% growth
34. Washington ? $64.0 million; 5.7% growth
35. Louisville ? $63.5 million; 9.4% growth
36. West Virginia ? $62.0 million; 11.4% growth
37. UCLA ? $61.8 million; 6.5% decline
38. Purdue ? $61.5 million; 2.7% growth
39. UNLV ? $61.2 million; 84.6% growth
40. Connecticut ? $58.5 million; 0.0% growth
41. Virginia Tech ? $58.1 million; 10.0% growth
42. Clemson ? $57.6 million; 4.3% decline
43. Arizona State ? $57.0 million; 7.1% growth
44. Arizona ? $56.4 million; 8.8% growth
45. Miami (Fla) ? $56.1 million; 9.5% decline
46. Missouri ? $55.7 million; 3.6% decline
47. Rutgers ? $55.6 million; 2.3% growth
48. Baylor ? $54.1 million; 11.1% growth
49. Illinois ? $53.5 million; 3.8% decline
50. TCU ? $52.4 million; 12.8% growth
51. Kansas State ? $52.4 million; 10.6% growth
52. Maryland ? $52.0 million; 13.3% decline
53. Oregon State ? $51.6 million; 2.9% growth
54. North Carolina State ? $50.3 million; 8.3% growth
55. Vanderbilt ? $50.0 million; 9.5% growth
56. Colorado ? $49.4 million; 0.9% decline
57. Syracuse ? $49.3 million; 5.2% decline
58. Pittsburgh ? $49.2 million; 7.4% growth
59. Northwestern ? $48.9 million; 0.7% growth
60. Texas Tech ? $48.1 million; 3.1% growth
61. Georgia Tech ? $47.0 million; 2.2% decline
62. Iowa State ? $46.8 million; 2.3% growth
63. Mississippi ? $43.9 million; 6.3% growth
64. Wake Forest ? $42.2 million; 5.4% decline
65. BYU ? $41.0 million; 15.1% growth
66. Washington State ? $39.3 million; 2.8% growth
67. South Florida ? $39.1 million; 3.5% growth
68. Mississippi State ? $38.1 million; 4.4% growth
69. Cincinnati ? $37.1 million; 5.9% growth
70. Memphis ? $37.0 million; 10.3% growth
71. Yale ? $36.5 million; 84.1% growth
72. SMU ? $36.0 million; 1.8% growth
73. Central Florida ? $35.7 million; 19.0% growth
74. St. John?s ? $32.1 million; 8.0% growth
75. San Diego State ? $32.1 million; 6.9% decline
76. Utah ? $31.8 million; 0.3% growth
77. Delaware ? $31.8 million; 4.6% growth
78. Houston ? $31.5 million; 6.6% growth
79. Hawaii ? $31.1 million; 1.9% growth
80. East Carolina ? $30.8 million; 1.0% growth
81. New Mexico ? $30.3 million; 5.4% decline
82. Pennsylvania ? $30.4 million; 12.9% growth
83. Rice ? $29.4 million; 4.0% decline
84. Georgetown ? $29.4 million; 1.4% growth
85. James Madison ? $29.1 million; 2.3% decline
86. Temple ? $28.8 million; 7.1% growth
87. Villanova ? $27.7 million; 7.9% growth
88. Wyoming ? $27.0 million; 9.4% growth
89. Old Dominion ? $26.7 million; 1.8% decline
90. Liberty ? $26.4 million; 11.6% growth
91. Tulsa ? $26.3 million; 3.1% decline
92. Fresno State ? $26.0 million; 9.5% decline
93. Miami (Ohio) ? $26.0 million; 5.2% growth
94. New Hampshire ? $26.0 million; 3.2% growth
95. Boston University ? $25.7 million; 5.8% growth
96. Boise State ? $25.1 million; 21.9% growth **
97. UAB ? $25.1 million; 10.8% growth
98. Central Michigan ? $24.5 million; 9.0% growth
99. Ohio ? $23.9 million; 9.2% growth
100. Massachusetts ? $23.8 million; 0.8% growth

* 24% growth assholes!
** We are proven. We play on a blue field...

 

[Diego-Bucks]

Some of those figures are fucking crazy! Kentucky has a $79 million revenue stream. Those poor fuckers.

 

[Jake]

69. Cincinnati - $37.1 million; 5.9% growth

Just barely ahead of Yale.

 

[Muck]

Nebraska should vault into the top 20 over the next few years.

 

[BuckTwenty]

Based on the top 100 list... how many BCS schools are in decline monetarily (by conference):

ACC - 6 (Duke, North Carolina, Clemson, Miami, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest)
Big XII - 5 (Nebraska, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Colorado)
Pac 10 - 3 (USC, California, UCLA)
Big East - 1 (Syracuse)
Big Ten - 1 (Illinois)
SEC - 0

A decline at USC was expected, but interesting to see so many from the ACC and Big XII on that list...