🏈 USA TODAY REPORT: Alabama athletic department's 2010-11 revenue 3rd-highest in nation

[BAMANEWSBOT]

Alabama's expenses were up and its revenue was down, but the Crimson Tide still generated more money than most of the nation in 2010-11.

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[planomateo]

yawn, texas, texas, texas in the article.

click on the + next to the school name in the chart to get even more info/breakdowns.

some things that caught my eye.

The PAC-12 has 4 schools who get subsidized more than $10m.
The SEC has all but 2 schools over $83M in revenue (Ole Miss $49m and Miss State $58m)

Ohio State is paying alot of money to coaching staff for little return...$30m (~$30m per year over the last 5 years too)

Check out how little revenue FSU has $78m (they would be just ahead of Ole Miss and Miss State if they were in the SEC)

new comers to the SEC.
Mizzou $64m in revenue.
Texas A&M $87m in revenue.

Ticket Sales 2011.
arkansas/lsu/tenn - $35m... (Bama only had $31m for reference)
texas - $61m
ohio state - $50m

 

[TerryP]

You guys know I have had an affinity for pointing to things said about Alabama when we hired Saban, and how wrong just about each and every one of those have been: recruiting rankings, championships, draft picks, etc.

When people were saying that Alabama paying Saban @3.5MM his first year was WAY too much money I continually pointed to OU and Stoops. If you haven't been a part of those conversations, the biggest thing I was pointing to was the ROI that OU had experienced with the firing of John Blake and the hiring of Bob Stoops. They enjoyed a revenue increase of over 50%.

Now, here we are looking at...

In 2006, the revenue for the athletic department was just under $68MM. Fast forward to 2011 and we see the revenue figures coming in at just under $125MM.

I realize part of that comes from additional monies from the new broadcasting rights and of course that applies across the board for all the SEC schools. Yet, you can't look at those numbers and deny the impact Saban has had on the entire athletic department.

(as a side note, with three teams ranked in the top three in the nation still competing, this year has a chance to go down as one of the best in our history. We've got two teams sporting NC rings today with the possibility of adding another.)

 

[planomateo]

another look at the numbers >> http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...partment-as-revenues-climb-across-the-country

- Increase in revenue, SEC 2006-2011:

84%

49%

59%

41%

56%

17%

85%

49%

61%

67%

129%

Biggest net income: Alabama, 2010: $31,580,939. Biggest deficit: Florida, 2009: $5,268,539.

an interesting point or two.

The Courier-Journal's Kyle Tucker also points out that Kentucky's John Calipari's guaranteed annual compensation is more than five whole Division I athletic budgets. Given that Mack Brown makes roughly the same amount, Texas literally has a coach worth more than some schools' athletic departments, an interesting perspective for a coach that has gone 13-12 over the past two seasons.

- According to USA Today, only 22 of the top 100 schools had a surplus in 2011. Altogether, Division I public schools spent nearly $6.7 billion on athletics in 2011. The best at balancing the books was, no surprise, the SEC schools.

 

[TerryP]

I find that interesting as well. Sure, Brown is a game over .500 the last few years. Yet, his football program is still bringing in millions to TX.

I don't have problem with Brown getting paid what he is receiving considering the profit margin. I've got a bigger problem with schools who are losing millions each year on athletics. As I see it, there are a lot of Ath. Dept.'s that just need disbanding. We can start with UAB.