NCAA revenue vs expenses

[lamont]

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

We are 34th for 2015-2016....while we've come a long damn way...the gap from the top 15 is mighty big

[Fred Garvin]

Surprised to see Clemson as low as it is.

[ShotgunDawg]

How Texas A&M remains middle of the road in everything is fascinating. It defies logic.

[msbulldog]

Hey Random we have been blessed, it ain't going to last! Let's always sock some of that back in a reserve fund. Let's give some back to the university, because they need it. Hail State!

[HSVDawg]

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

We are 34th for 2015-2016....while we've come a long damn way...the gap from the top 15 is mighty big

A lot of interesting info from that:

- Ole Miss is killing us in both ticket sales revenue and giving. Neither of which makes sense (especially the ticket sales). It will be interesting to see if that trend continues over the next year with the NCAA cloud looming.
- Anyone that thinks college basketball is a non revenue sport is kidding themselves. Kentucky and Arkansas each had a whopping $37 million in ticket sales revenue, about $9 million more than Georgia. It sure as hell ain't because of football tickets being more expensive at either place.
- We seem to be leaving a lot of money on the table by not using student fees to boost the athletic budget. We are one of the few SEC schools that doesn't do this.
- Our Adidas deal actually seems pretty good. We are in the ballpark with what Auburn gets from Under Armour and get a couple million more than OM does from Nike.

[TUSK]

How much of each SEC team's revenue is from "revenue sharing".... $40ish?

[Bully13]

We suck at this.

[HSVDawg]

How much of each SEC team's revenue is from "revenue sharing".... $40ish?

Something in that ballpark now. I think it jumped up to $40 mill for this year from $25 million last year (which is the year shown in the study, I think).

[TUSK]

Something in that ballpark now. I think it jumped up to $40 mill for this year from $25 million last year (which is the year shown in the study, I think).

I found it.... $40.4...

According to the USA REV/EXP dB, only Texas A&M operates in the "black"....

That's sad....

[Reason2succeed]

Any business making $20 million or more a year ought to be paying its "primary employees" something. I know they are getting stipends now. They ought to be.

[sandwolf]

Ole Miss is killing us in both ticket sales revenue and giving.

Their giving level is not just high compared to ours.....they are beating Bama and in the same ball park as pretty much all of the big SEC programs, other than Florida and A&M (A&M's is a ridiculous $75.5 million). They may be a bunch of cocksuckers, but considering the size of their fan base, their lack of any real success, and the fact that they are the lesser of 2 SEC schools in a small, poor state, it is legitimately impressive that they are donating at a level that is competitive with the likes of LSU, UGA, Auburn, UT, etc.

[sandwolf]

Any business making $20 million or more a year ought to be paying its "primary employees" something. I know they are getting stipends now. They ought to be.

Jesus, you are insufferable.

[TUSK]

Their giving level is not just high compared to ours.....they are beating Bama and in the same ball park as pretty much all of the big SEC programs, other than Florida and A&M (A&M's is a ridiculous $75.5 million). They may be a bunch of cocksuckers, but considering the size of their fan base, their lack of any real success, and the fact that they are the lesser of 2 SEC schools in a small, poor state, it is legitimately impressive that they are donating at a level that is competitive with the likes of LSU, UGA, Auburn, UT, etc.

Ole Miss generates more donations than UA? for reals?

[Reason2succeed]

Jesus, you are insufferable.

I'm not Jesus but I hope your attitude changes towards him before it is too late.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

[QUOTE=sandwolf;771329]Their giving level is not just high compared to ours.....they are beating Bama and in the same ball park as pretty much all of the big SEC programs, other than Florida and A&M (A&M's is a ridiculous $75.5 million). They may be a bunch of cocksuckers, but considering the size of their fan base, their lack of any real success, and the fact that they are the lesser of 2 SEC schools in a small, poor state, it is legitimately impressive that they are donating at a level that is competitive with the likes of LSU, UGA, Auburn, UT, etc

Trial Lawyers and Doctors are good rackets to be in...

[fader2103]

Ole Miss generates more donations than UA? for reals?

They must be including booster money and rebel rags tshirts

[beretta]

I find a few of those schools up there shocking......Kentucky in the teens was a head scratcher...Minnesota at 19? .so yes, basketball can generated some $....also have to remember, who is richer? compare what they take in, versus the expenses.....a lot of them are spending all of it.....

I really miss all the marketing, sales, and creative ideas we got from Byrne and Stricklin.....maybe Cohen is still learning the ropes, but haven't seen anything impressive out of his camp since taking over.....and those god awful bleachers by the M Club i saw just yesterday gave me "come on cohen, you can do better than that"......

[Reason2succeed]

Engineers and ag folks are just too tight with their money.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We can probably agree that our Marketing has slipped the last few years....

[Jack Lambert]

I don't mind the gap. The gap is there because of season ticket prices are still at a relatively reasonable in price. Our average football ticket price last year was 37.00 where Ole Miss was 64.00. I suspect that this is across all sports. KY is also 37.00 for football but I suspect the Basketball ticket are a big gap between them and us.

The question is are you willing to spend more for tickets to get a bigger return? Lets make fans spend 30.00 more per game to get 3 million more in profit.

I think it is possible to improve without raising ticket prices if our Basketball team would get better. More ticket sells.