USA Today releases updated list of athletic department revenues

[Alum-Ni]

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ketball-power-five-revenue-expenses/83035862/

Of all Division I schools, only 12 do not take any subsidy money from the state or other school funds (there athletic departments are self-funded). Those 12 are:

Arkansas
Kentucky
LSU
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Penn State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M

These figures are from the 2014-15 school year

Top 25 Schools By Revenue
1. Texas A&M - $192,608,876
2. Texas - $183,521,028
3. Ohio State - $167,166,065
4. Michigan - $152,477,026
5. Alabama - $148,911,674
6. Florida - $147,105,242
7. LSU - $138,642,237
8. Oklahoma - $134,269,349
9. Tennessee - $126,584,033
10. Penn State - $125,720,619
11. Auburn - $124,657,247
12. Wisconsin - $123,895,543
13. Florida State - $120,822,522
14. Kentucky - $116,494,690
15. Georgia - $116,151,279
16. Arkansas - $114,172,847
17. South Carolina - $113,172,545
18. Minnesota - $111,162,265
19. Michigan State - $108,687,274
20. Iowa - $105,969,545
21. Oregon - $105,701,523
22. Louisville - $104,325,207
23. Washington - $103,540,117
24. Nebraska - $102,157,399
25. UCLA - $96,912,767
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27. Maryland - $92,686,128
33. Indiana - $88,362,421
36. Illinois - $85,998,659
44. Purdue - $75,637,694
49. Rutgers - $70,558,935

No report from Northwestern or other private schools

Top 25 Schools by Expenses
1. Texas - $173,248,133
2. Ohio State - $154,033,208
3. Michigan - $151,144,964
4. Alabama - $132,354,913
5. Florida - $125,384,443
6. Oklahoma - $123,017,251
7. Penn State - $122,271,407
8. LSU - $121,947,775
9. Wisconsin - $118,691,112
10. Auburn - $115,498,047
11. Kentucky - $115,159,039
12. Tennessee - $113,413,325
13. Florida State - $111,386,681
14. Minnesota - $111,162,265
15. Texas A&M - $109,313,651
16. Iowa - $109,214,651
17. Michigan State - $108,283,151
18. South Carolina - $107,430,044
19. Washington - $104,403,253
20. Oregon - $103,880,557
21. Louisville - $101,624,437
22. Nebraska - $98,023,037
23. Arkansas - $97,106,539
24. UCLA - $96,912,767
25. Georgia - $96,559,307
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28. Maryland - $92,558,535
32. Indiana - $88,330,530
34. Illinois - $87,163,188
44. Purdue - $74,420,334
48. Rutgers - $70,558,935

 

[BigRedPimp]

I assume this includes conference TV revenue for schools except those like Nebraska that aren't receiving a full share yet?

 

[balsy]

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ketball-power-five-revenue-expenses/83035862/

Of all Division I schools, only 12 do not take any subsidy money from the state or other school funds (there athletic departments are self-funded). Those 12 are:

Arkansas
Kentucky
LSU
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Penn State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M

These figures are from the 2014-15 school year

Top 25 Schools By Revenue
1. Texas A&M - $192,608,876
2. Texas - $183,521,028
3. Ohio State - $167,166,065
4. Michigan - $152,477,026
5. Alabama - $148,911,674
6. Florida - $147,105,242
7. LSU - $138,642,237
8. Oklahoma - $134,269,349
9. Tennessee - $126,584,033
10. Penn State - $125,720,619
11. Auburn - $124,657,247
12. Wisconsin - $123,895,543
13. Florida State - $120,822,522
14. Kentucky - $116,494,690
15. Georgia - $116,151,279
16. Arkansas - $114,172,847
17. South Carolina - $113,172,545
18. Minnesota - $111,162,265
19. Michigan State - $108,687,274
20. Iowa - $105,969,545
21. Oregon - $105,701,523
22. Louisville - $104,325,207
23. Washington - $103,540,117
24. Nebraska - $102,157,399
25. UCLA - $96,912,767
--------------------------------------------------------
27. Maryland - $92,686,128
33. Indiana - $88,362,421
36. Illinois - $85,998,659
44. Purdue - $75,637,694
49. Rutgers - $70,558,935

No report from Northwestern or other private schools

Top 25 Schools by Expenses
1. Texas - $173,248,133
2. Ohio State - $154,033,208
3. Michigan - $151,144,964
4. Alabama - $132,354,913
5. Florida - $125,384,443
6. Oklahoma - $123,017,251
7. Penn State - $122,271,407
8. LSU - $121,947,775
9. Wisconsin - $118,691,112
10. Auburn - $115,498,047
11. Kentucky - $115,159,039
12. Tennessee - $113,413,325
13. Florida State - $111,386,681
14. Minnesota - $111,162,265
15. Texas A&M - $109,313,651
16. Iowa - $109,214,651
17. Michigan State - $108,283,151
18. South Carolina - $107,430,044
19. Washington - $104,403,253
20. Oregon - $103,880,557
21. Louisville - $101,624,437
22. Nebraska - $98,023,037
23. Arkansas - $97,106,539
24. UCLA - $96,912,767
25. Georgia - $96,559,307
-------------------------------------------------------------
28. Maryland - $92,558,535
32. Indiana - $88,330,530
34. Illinois - $87,163,188
44. Purdue - $74,420,334
48. Rutgers - $70,558,935

Iowa loses 3 million? Do they have a much larger athletic department?

 

[baseball31ne]

6 are $EC and 4 are B1G. Wow, seems to me that the B1G should be doing more with its schools being able to self fund at that high of a percentage.

 

[bomber89]

So we are only in the positive by 4 million? Hopefully that amount goes up once we get full B1G share.

 

[BigRedPimp]

I'm guessing this is like most reports where not all things are treated equal.

 

[mkbrkloster]

So we are only in the positive by 4 million? Hopefully that amount goes up once we get full B1G share.

Large profits aren't the goal in this game, unless you are saving for a particular reason.

 

[Harry Caray]

This is misleading. Many athletic departments use transfer-price accounting to make it look like they are not making huge profits off of student-athletes. This is a pretty good article about it:

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/college-sports-program-accounting-scam

 

[mkbrkloster]

This is misleading. Many athletic departments use transfer-price accounting to make it look like they are not making huge profits off of student-athletes. This is a pretty good article about it:

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/college-sports-program-accounting-scam

Yeah, I'd say it's pretty impossible for any outsider to trust what is reported, let alone be able to compare one school to another.

 

[theoriginalrealdeal]

This is misleading. Many athletic departments use transfer-price accounting to make it look like they are not making huge profits off of student-athletes. This is a pretty good article about it:

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/college-sports-program-accounting-scam

Wow, thanks for that link. It links to a great article about UNO (http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=6488960). Shouldn't surprise me as much as it does, but UNO used these same scams to justify getting rid of wrestling and football. Despicable. As public institutions (not counting private universities), public statements regarding money at the school need to be accurate so the school is accountable to the taxpayers and students funding it. This site: http://sportsgeekonomics. tumblr .com/post/45761374835/making-riches-look-like-rags is also linked and interesting, but I can't get it to link right so pardon the spaces around Tumblr.

I didn't think I could get more disappointed with Trev, but sure enough he proved himself again.

(UNO alum who spent some of his time at UNL).

On topic, hoping UNLs numbers are more accurate. Really hope they don't use these accounting techniques. Since they're reporting a profit, guessing it doesn't matter as much?

 

[damphousse25]

Of all Division I schools, only 12 do not take any subsidy money from the state or other school funds (there athletic departments are self-funded). Those 12 are:

Arkansas
Kentucky
LSU
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Penn State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M

Actually Michigan doesn't take any subsidy money or other school funds either but they do have to charge the University a nominal amount (per state law) to rent athletic facilities for events such as meetings, conferences, graduations, etc., so that is why they don't show on this list. Further, the Michigan Athletic Department pays tuition and room and board to the University for every scholarship athlete.

 

[MITCH492]

I look for Nebraska's numbers to go up considerably the next few years.