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University Athletic Departments Revenue & Spending

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ORD_Buckeye;2074480; said:
OK, I have a question for the sanctions gurus. Ohio State doesn't make any more money for appearing in a BCS bowl than Indiana does for sitting home since the Big Ten puts all bowl money into the pot to be divided equally among all schools regardless of what bowl they appeared in or even if they appeared in a bowl at all.

If we're serving a bowl ban, and under ncaa rules, do we still get our split of the pot or are we forced to forego all conference bowl money.
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I would guess it's all the T-Shirts and everything else that says "20xx Rose Bowl" on them. That stuff doesn't get shared with the rest of the B1G iirc.
 
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Cost of recruiting....

....it's not cheap.

Hey, big senders! [Tennessee] men's sports teams aren't churning out national champions like other SEC schools, but the Vols are clear champions when it comes to their recruiting budget. According to the website BusinessofCollegeSports.com, UT men's teams spent more than $1.8 million on recruiting in the 2010-11 year. That's tops in the SEC by a substantial margin. Auburn was No. 2, spending a little more than $1.5 million, according to the website. By comparison, the Lady Vols spent $417,252, the second highest total in the SEC. Auburn was the SEC's top spender on the women's side, with a budget of $586,728. The recruiting budget data is based on information that schools provide to the U.S. Department of Education.

Read more: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2012/jan/23/ut-tops-sec-for-recruiting-expenses/
 
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Most Profitable Athletic Departments: Big Ten

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In 2010-11, two Big Ten athletic departments turned zero profit: Minnesota and Northwestern. Each of these athletic departments, however, generated over $55 million in revenue.

Save for Minnesota, Northwestern and Wisconsin, in 2010-11, every other Big Ten athletic department generated over $1 million in profits. However, Michigan and Penn State led the way in terms of profits generated. Michigan generated profits of $26,649,499.00, while Penn State enjoyed profits of $31,619,687.00.

Interestingly enough, however, is that Ohio State generated the greatest amount of revenue of any Big Ten athletic department. The Ohio State athletic department generated revenue of $131,815,819.00. However, Ohio State?s athletic department also had the highest amount of expenses in the conference, at $113,184,855.00.
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The full chart is at the link.
 
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Top-50 Highest Athletics Department Revenues

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Several things stand out in this list. First, every Big Ten team made the list. This is notable, as the SEC is typically viewed as the ?power conference? when it comes to all things finance. The SEC had a great showing in the top-50, but only nine of its twelve athletics departments made the list. The conference with the least athletics departments on the list was the Big East, which only placed four of its members on the list.

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Texas - $150,295,932.00
Ohio State - $131,815,819.00
Alabama - $123,910,432.00
Florida - $123,008,257.00
Michigan - $122,486,490.00
Penn State - $116,118,026.00
LSU - $106,421,671.00
Oklahoma - $104,338,843.00
Auburn - $103,982,441.00
Tennessee - $102,495,204.00
Notre Dame - $94,507,919.00
Wisconsin - $93,594,766.00
Iowa -$92,903,555.00
Georgia - $92,341,067.00
Arkansas - $91,768,113.00
Louisville - $87,736,320.00
Florida State - $86,946,503.00
Oregon - $85,740,068.00
Kentucky - $84,878,315.00
South Carolina - $83,704,667.00
Nebraska - $83,679,756.00
Stanford - $81,125,476.00 Pac-12
Michigan State - $80,963,182.00
Minnesota - $78,924,683.00
Virginia - $78,439,006.00
USC - $75,707,273.00
Texas A&M - $74,944,301.00
North Carolina - $71,369,784.00
Washington - $70,231,336.00
Indiana - $70,172,641.00
Oklahoma State - $70,123,206.00
Kansas - $70,028,683.00
Kansas State - $68,875,266.00
Duke - $67,986,188.00
Purdue - $66,066,303.00
UCLA - $66,003,893.00
California - $65,006,338.00
Boston College - $64,078,272.00
Connecticut - $63,043,322.00
Clemson - $61,174,977.00
Virginia Tech - $61,077,122.00
Colorado - $60,923,253.00
Miami - $60,325,003.00
Baylor - $59,859,235.00
Missouri - $59,005,954.00
Arizona - $58,274,431.00
WVU - $58,003,719.00
Maryland - $57,765,018.00
Illinois - $57,539,367.00
Northwestern - $56,214,293.00
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Top-50 Largest Athletics Department Spenders

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While 80 percent of the Big 12′s members ranked in the top-50 in terms of revenue generated, only 70 percent ranked in the top-50 for expenditures. Thus, it is expected that at least several Big 12 members should generate a net income (profit) in the black. Only four Big East members ranked in the top-50 for revenue generated. However, five Big East members ranked in the top-5o for expenditures (Pittsburgh did not generate enough revenue to make the top-50 list, but is on the top-50 list for expenditures). Again, every Big Ten athletics department made the top-50 list for expenditures.

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Texas $125,978,117.00 Big 12
Ohio State $113,184,855.00 Big Ten
Florida $112,951,656.00 SEC
Tennessee $102,480,757.00 SEC
Auburn $100,497,784.00 SEC
Oklahoma $96,274,366.00 Big 12
LSU $96,019,689.00 SEC
Michigan $95,836,991.00 Big Ten
Wisconsin $92,939,345.00 Big Ten
Alabama $92,225,560.00 SEC
Iowa $87,607,487.00 Big Ten
Florida State $86,946,503.00 ACC
Penn State $84,498,339.00 Big Ten
Louisville $83,783,719.00 Big East
South Carolina $82,941,941.00 SEC
Georgia $82,765,498.00 SEC
Kentucky $81,755,641.00 SEC
Stanford $81,125,476.00 Pac-12
Arkansas $80,482,490.00 SEC
Minnesota $78,924,683.00 Big Ten
Nebraska $78,509,148.00 Big Ten
USC $75,707,273.00 Pac-12
Notre Dame $75,360,209.00 Big East
Virginia $72,400,342.00 ACC
Texas A&M $71,719,872.00 Big 12
North Carolina $70,709,553.00 ACC
Kansas $70,028,683.00 Big 12
Washington $69,306,426.00 Pac-12
Oregon $67,900,835.00 Pac-12
Michigan State $67,450,913.00 Big Ten
Duke $67,418,981.00 ACC
UCLA $66,003,893.00 Pac-12
Indiana $64,878,825.00 Big Ten
California $64,825,171.00 Pac-12
Boston College $64,078,272.00 ACC
Connecticut $62,948,800.00 Big East
Clemson $60,958,659.00 ACC
Baylor $59,859,235.00 Big 12
Purdue $59,293,193.00 Big Ten
Missouri $58,862,366.00 Big 12
WVU $58,003,719.00 Big East
Miami $57,561,177.00 ACC
Maryland $57,501,307.00 ACC
Virginia Tech $56,762,362.00 ACC
Arizona $56,750,057.00 Pac-12
Northwestern $56,214,293.00 Big Ten
Pittsburgh $56,044,309.00 Big East
Oklahoma State $55,757,830.00 Big 12
Illinois $55,723,771.00 Big Ten
Arizona State $55,378,783.00 Pac-12
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Highest Net Income Amongst Athletics Departments

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In previous posts from this series, you?ll remember that every Big Ten athletics department ranked in the top-50 for revenues and expenses. However, neither Minnesota nor Northwestern achieved a net income above zero.

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Alabama $31,684,872.00 SEC
Penn State $31,619,687.00 Big Ten
Michigan $26,649,499.00 Big Ten
Texas $24,317,815.00 Big 12
Kansas State $23,395,408.00 Big 12
Notre Dame $19,147,710.00 Big East
Ohio State $18,630,964.00 Big Ten
Oregon $16,433,642.00 Pac-12
Oklahoma State $14,365,376.00 Big 12
Michigan State $13,512,269.00 Big Ten
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OSU_D/ said:
Hence the use of ' when I wrote 'lack.'

Just trying to see where Penn State and a few others have an advantage in terms of expenses. I think we are lower than 7 in terms of profit margin.
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We might have more sports than the other schools.

*edit* Just check. Penn State has 29 sports, Michigan 27, Ohio State has 39. Comparison: Stanford has 31, Alabama has 19.

When you factor that the revenue generating sports are limited, I think Football, Mens and Womens Basketball, Baseball and Hockey are typically the only sports that can generate revenue and the Buckeyes offer the most varsity sports... similar pools of revenue split in more directions for Ohio State.
 
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OSU_D/;2132362; said:
Is our debt financing for facilities upgrades still behind the 'lack' of revenue in comparison to some other schools?
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A combination of that and 36(?) D-1 sports all with full scholarship allotments.

I believe that some of the debt service load has been transferred to the overall university budget, and that's the sole reason that we're profitable at all.
 
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