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BigWoof31 said:
http://chronicle.com/article/As-Spo...5V2dpenVlcmVEX2JWeXhCcmtDY09SbnFCYXNIY0hEcGpz


Not sure if this is cross posted somewhere else, but Buckeye Bros (and Ho's) - you have alot to be proud of.
The link above takes you to an article on the top 10 athletic departments that give the most back to the University.
OSU was #2

Top 10 includes 4 SEC Teams, 4 B1G Teams and 2 Big 12 teams
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What is really impressive is that Ohio State is only ~$850k shy of Texas across a four year period despite offering nearly twice as many varsity sports (all of the additional sports lose money).

# of varsity programs supported for the most recent academic year according to each schools' official AD Web sites:

20 University of Texas at Austin
36 The Ohio State University
21 University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
21 University of Florida
21 Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
21 University of Oklahoma at Norman
23 University of Nebraska at Lincoln
22 University of Kentucky
27 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
18 Purdue University at West Lafayette
 
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Alabama & Florida being listed so high is misleading as both receive massive subsidies from the academic side.

Florida would still be #8 on the list after the adjustment but the Alabama AD is only $2.38 Million in the black in regards to the University (which is of course still better than the vast majority of schools).
 
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B1G blue bloods help football recruiting costs soar

Teams spend 39.2 percent more in 2015 than 2012
Coaching changes at some of the Big Ten Conference’s blue blood football programs have led to significant growth in recruiting expenses over the last four years.

Financial data obtained by The Gazette through state open-records requests show that the Big Ten’s 13 public-school football programs report a combined 39.2 percent growth in recruiting expenditures over a four-year period. Northwestern, the league’s only private university, is exempt from providing those documents.

In the 2012 fiscal year, the Big Ten’s 13 public football programs (counting newcomers Maryland and Rutgers) combined to spend $5.71 million in football recruiting. By 2015, that number swelled to $7.95 million. Some of the league’s powerhouse East Division programs were most responsible for that growth.

Ohio State hired Urban Meyer in late 2011 — part of the 2012 fiscal year — and the Buckeyes spent $344,987 on football recruiting. Last year, that number grew to $614,619, a 78.2 percent increase. Spanning four years, Michigan’s recruiting expenses grew by $245,873, with a nearly $155,000 jump coming in the 2015 fiscal year. Coach Jim Harbaugh, a tenacious recruiter, was hired in late December 2014.
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USA Today recently released their annual list of revenue & expenses for NCAA Athletic Departments:

2014-15 NCAA Finances

Texas A&M jumped to #1 with a large one time donation for their stadium reconstruction. The previous year Oregon made a similar jump to #1; this year falling to 21.

The Top 25:
1 Texas A&M SEC $192,608,876
2 Texas Big 12 $183,521,028
3 Ohio State Big Ten $167,166,065
4 Michigan Big Ten $152,477,026
5 Alabama SEC $148,911,674
6 Florida SEC $147,105,242
7 LSU SEC $138,642,237
8 Oklahoma Big 12 $134,269,349
9 Tennessee SEC $126,584,033
10 Penn State Big Ten $125,720,619
11 Auburn SEC $124,657,247
12 Wisconsin Big Ten $123,895,543
13 Florida State ACC $120,822,522
14 Kentucky SEC $116,494,690
15 Georgia SEC $116,151,279
16 Arkansas SEC $114,172,847
17 South Carolina SEC $113,172,545
18 Minnesota Big Ten $111,162,265
19 Michigan State Big Ten $108,687,274
20 Iowa Big Ten $105,969,545
21 Oregon Pac-12 $105,701,523
22 Louisville ACC $104,325,207
23 Washington Pac-12 $103,540,117
24 Nebraska Big Ten $102,157,399
25 UCLA Pac-12 $96,912,767
 
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Sources: Fox, Big Ten Closing In On Media Rights Agreement

Fox is close to signing a deal that gives it half of the Big Ten’s available media rights package, according to several sources. Deal terms still are flexible – both in terms of money and rights. However, the two sides have agreed on basic terms that will give Fox the rights to around 25 football games and 50 basketball games that it will carry on both the broadcast channel and FS1 starting in the fall of '17. The deal runs six years and could cost Fox as much as $250M per year, depending on the amount of rights the Big Ten conference puts in its second package.

The Fox deal essentially is half of the package of games that had been with ESPN (as part of a 10-year, $1B deal that expires next spring) and CBS (as part of a 6-year, $72M basketball-only deal that also expires next spring). The Big Ten will return to the market to solicit bids on the second half of the package. The conference has the flexibility to allow for another network or two to pick up that half. ESPN will be one of several TV networks engaged for the second half of the Big Ten’s package, along with the usual suspects of CBS, NBC and Turner.
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For Big Ten, Jim Delany, new deal is a stunningly big deal

When the final numbers are in, they’re going to be staggering. If there’s anything we can glean from John Ourand’s report Tuesday in the Sports Business Journal about the Big Ten’s first step toward its new media rights deal, that much seems certain.

And soon, commissioner Jim Delany will be able to walk away secure in the knowledge that he one-upped his old friend and rival Mike Slive once and for all.

First, though, let’s break down the numbers. If Ourand’s reporting is accurate, the Big Ten will sell half of its rights package to Fox for up to $250 million per year — which would divide out to a cool $17.86 million per school. And that’s with the other half still up for bid to ESPN, CBS, NBC or whomever.

We’ll see where the final numbers come out, but it seems almost certain that Big Ten schools will soon be banking more than $30 million per year — a number that doesn’t even include what the conference makes off the Big Ten Network and digital rights. When it’s all said and done, it could be a $40 million distribution.
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ESPN ponies up for the other half of the B1G media package:

ESPN will buy the second half of the Big Ten’s media rights package, ending months of speculation that the two were about to sever their 50-year relationship.

ESPN will pay an average of $190 million per year over six years for essentially half the conference’s media rights package, according to several sources close to the talks. Two months ago, Fox Sports agreed to take the other half of the package for an average of $240 million per year. CBS Sports also has told the conference that it will renew its basketball-only package for $10 million per year.

The six-year, $2.64 billion media rights haul represents a big win for the Big Ten Conference, of course, which will see its average media rights payout nearly triple when it takes effect next fall
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http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/06/20/Media/ESPN-Big-Ten.aspx
 
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14 Kentucky SEC $116,494,690
15 Georgia SEC $116,151,279




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Big Ten revenue distribution hits $51 million

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The Big Ten continues to roll in gigantic piles of money. Details on the Big Ten revenue distribution for the past year were uncovered from a budget spreadsheet from the Michigan Board of Regents, in which it was revealed Michigan received a revenue distribution of $51 million from the Big Ten for the past fiscal year.

It is currently projected the Big Ten distributions will rise to $52 million for the next year, according to Detroit News reporter Angelique Chengelis (via Twitter).



That’s a nice payday for all parties involved and was to be expected given the recent changes to the Big Ten media partnerships. Last year, the Big Ten began making regular season games available to FOX in addition to its current partnership with ESPN and, of course, the Big Ten Network. That expansion of the media deal appears to have paid off for the Big Ten and should continue to fuel the revenue allotment for the next year as the deals with FOX and ESPN continue. The Big Ten’s revenue distribution the previous year was $36.3 million.

The Big Ten revenue distribution of $51.1 million eclipses the average $41 million distributions received by SEC members.

Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/06/21/big-ten-revenue-distribution-hits-51-million/
 
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OHIO STATE ATHLETICS NO. 3 IN 2016-17 REVENUE, WITH $185.4 MILLION REVENUE

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It's the time of offseason where universities across the country have to put their cards on the table and declare their revenues to America.

USA TODAY released its annual revenue database Thursday. Ohio State, for the second year in a row, finished third behind Texas and its A&M counterpart. The Buckeyes took in $185.4 million before accounting expenses, which totaled $173.5 million. Revenue went up from $170 million in 2015-16.
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Donations continue to be a differentiator for the Aggies, who took in $93 million in charitable contributions while the Longhorns netted $46 million and the Buckeyes $37 million.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...in-2016-17-finances-with-1854-million-revenue

Texas A&M got $93M in donations......
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