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Total Revenue by Team

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From https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

Reporting Year: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019

just as a reference in 2003 UK’s Total Revenue was $52,383,225

Also I did not compile the numbers as I just did a copy and paste lol

Southeastern Conference

01.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
02.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
03.) Texas A & M University-College Station - $160,101,611
04.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
05.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
06.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
07.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
08.) University of South Carolina-Columbia - $140,295,659
09.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
10.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
11.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
12.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
13.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
14.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155


Total Revenues by Team

001.) The University of Texas at Austin - $215,829,101
002.) Ohio State University-Main Campus - $209,102,666
003.) Florida State University - $198,407,201
004.) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $175,006,632
005.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
006.) University of Notre Dame - $169,547,625
007.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
008.) Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus - $164,529,325
009.) Texas A & M University-College Station- $160,101,611
010.) University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus - $159,286,136

011.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
012.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
013.) University of Wisconsin-Madison - $151,369,153
014.) University of Louisville - $148,667,940
015.) University of Iowa - $144,070,825
016.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
017.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
018.) University of South Carolina-Columbia- $140,295,659
019.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
020.) Stanford University - $139,390,932

021.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
022.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $130,313,578
023.) University of California-Los Angeles - $127,339,042
024.) University of Miami - $127,170,251
025.) Indiana University-Bloomington - $126,358,047
026.) Clemson University - $124,601,614
027.) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - $122,667,963
028.) University of Kansas - $119,768,008
029.) University of Southern California - $118,687,120
030.) Texas Christian University - $118,496,653

031.) Michigan State University - $116,186,933
032.) University of Washington-Seattle Campus - $116,048,869
033.) Duke University - $116,021,513
034.) Northwestern University - $111,421,226
035.) Purdue University-Main Campus - $110,844,907
036.) University of Virginia-Main Campus - $108,854,006
037.) University of Maryland-College Park - $108,796,303
038.) University of Oregon - $108,500,370
039.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $105,407,867
040.) University of Arizona - $102,275,918

041.) Arizona State University-Tempe - $101,836,361
042.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
043.) Baylor University - $101,243,920
044.) West Virginia University - $101,095,223
045.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - $100,156,079
046.) Syracuse University - $99,815,688
047.) University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - $98,866,362
048.) University of Colorado Boulder - $98,413,285
049.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
050.) University of California-Berkeley - $94,646,123

051.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
052.) University of Utah - $94,177,912
053.) North Carolina State University at Raleigh - $92,724,547
054.) Oklahoma State University-Main Campus - $91,066,952
055.) Kansas State University - $89,919,819
056.) Texas Tech University - $86,442,709
057.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155
058.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - $83,767,722
059.) Rutgers University-New Brunswick - $83,053,040
060.) Boston College - $82,680,712

061.) Oregon State University - $82,364,021
062.) Iowa State University - $79,860,045
063.) Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus - $79,491,714
064.) University of Connecticut - $79,100,614
065.) Wake Forest University - $76,520,111
066.) Washington State University - $75,957,792
067.) Brigham Young University-Provo - $72,622,845
068.) Southern Methodist University - $70,501,474
069.) University of Central Florida - $68,359,639
070.) University of Houston - $68,285,574

071.) Temple University - $60,004,621
072.) Colorado State University-Fort Collins - $56,081,379
073.) University of Memphis - $55,494,325
074.) University of South Florida-Main Campus - $55,103,914
075.) San Diego State University - $54,402,858
076.) University of Cincinnati-Main Campus - $53,555,898
077.) East Carolina University - $50,722,801
078.) Liberty University - $50,593,390
079.) California State University-Fresno - $49,469,530
080.) University of Hawaii at Manoa - $45,745,380

081.) University of Nevada-Las Vegas - $44,245,146
082.) Old Dominion University - $43,996,643
083.) University of Nevada-Reno - $43,436,728
084.) University of Tulsa - $42,986,622
085.) Boise State University - $42,343,886
086.) Rice University - $41,870,484
087.) University of Wyoming - $41,252,831
088.) University of North Texas - $40,758,584
089.) University of Massachusetts-Amherst - $40,000,150
090.) University of New Mexico-Main Campus - $39,982,066

091.) Miami University-Oxford - $38,714,678
092.) Georgia State University - $38,399,503
093.) University of North Carolina at Charlotte - $38,165,424
094.) Tulane University of Louisiana - $37,101,339
095.) University at Buffalo - $37,015,023
096.) Texas State University - $36,634,363
097.) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $36,494,380
098.) University of Akron Main Campus - $35,554,930
099.) Utah State University - $34,564,538
100.) University of Louisiana at Lafayette - $33,840,123

101.) The University of Texas at El Paso - $33,740,768
102.) Western Michigan University - $33,664,368
103.) Central Michigan University - $33,642,870
104.) University of Toledo - $33,358,750
105.) Middle Tennessee State University - $32,762,435
106.) Troy University - $32,704,262
107.) Marshall University - $31,987,939
108.) Florida International University - $31,549,581
109.) The University of Texas at San Antonio- $31,155,038
110.) Florida Atlantic University - $30,885,685

111.) San Jose State University - $30,583,967
112.) Coastal Carolina University - $30,017,956
113.) Kent State University at Kent - $29,074,838
114.) Eastern Michigan University - $28,601,681
115.) Appalachian State University - $28,482,163
116.) Ohio University-Main Campus - $28,325,005
117.) Ball State University - $27,911,651
118.) New Mexico State University-Main Campus - $27,013,637
119.) Northern Illinois University - $26,795,495
120.) Bowling Green State University-Main Campus - $26,001,187

121.) Western Kentucky University - $25,997,243
122.) University of South Alabama - $25,695,217
123.) Louisiana Tech University - $23,218,090
124.) University of Southern Mississippi - $22,804,589
125.) Arkansas State University-Main Campus - $20,708,238
126.) Georgia Southern University - $20,556,842
127.) University of Louisiana at Monroe - $15,252,816
128.) Air Force - Not Available
129.) Navy - Not Available
130.) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY - Not Available
 
I've looked through this database off and on over the past 10 years. It is a Fed reporting requirement but I'm sure there is still some "accounting leeway" when compiling your numbers

Even for trained accountants it is hard to "understand" lop level numbers without knowing exactly "how" you got there. Lots of variables that can affect the bottom/top line. JMO

Peace
 
I don’t see how Oregon is that low with the Nike connection.
Not sure either. Looks much lower than I would have expected. They have some really good facilities so stuff is getting paid for somehow. My guess is how some of the money from Nike, etc is probably being counted differently so it doesn't show up here.
 
I can’t stand Louisville as much as the next guy, but what that athletics program has done over the past 20 years is pretty astonishing from a finance perspective.
 
From https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

Reporting Year: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019

just as a reference in 2003 UK’s Total Revenue was $52,383,225

Also I did not compile the numbers as I just did a copy and paste lol

Southeastern Conference

01.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
02.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
03.) Texas A & M University-College Station - $160,101,611
04.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
05.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
06.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
07.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
08.) University of South Carolina-Columbia - $140,295,659
09.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
10.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
11.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
12.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
13.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
14.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155


Total Revenues by Team

001.) The University of Texas at Austin - $215,829,101
002.) Ohio State University-Main Campus - $209,102,666
003.) Florida State University - $198,407,201
004.) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $175,006,632
005.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
006.) University of Notre Dame - $169,547,625
007.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
008.) Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus - $164,529,325
009.) Texas A & M University-College Station- $160,101,611
010.) University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus - $159,286,136

011.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
012.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
013.) University of Wisconsin-Madison - $151,369,153
014.) University of Louisville - $148,667,940
015.) University of Iowa - $144,070,825
016.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
017.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
018.) University of South Carolina-Columbia- $140,295,659
019.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
020.) Stanford University - $139,390,932

021.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
022.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $130,313,578
023.) University of California-Los Angeles - $127,339,042
024.) University of Miami - $127,170,251
025.) Indiana University-Bloomington - $126,358,047
026.) Clemson University - $124,601,614
027.) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - $122,667,963
028.) University of Kansas - $119,768,008
029.) University of Southern California - $118,687,120
030.) Texas Christian University - $118,496,653

031.) Michigan State University - $116,186,933
032.) University of Washington-Seattle Campus - $116,048,869
033.) Duke University - $116,021,513
034.) Northwestern University - $111,421,226
035.) Purdue University-Main Campus - $110,844,907
036.) University of Virginia-Main Campus - $108,854,006
037.) University of Maryland-College Park - $108,796,303
038.) University of Oregon - $108,500,370
039.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $105,407,867
040.) University of Arizona - $102,275,918

041.) Arizona State University-Tempe - $101,836,361
042.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
043.) Baylor University - $101,243,920
044.) West Virginia University - $101,095,223
045.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - $100,156,079
046.) Syracuse University - $99,815,688
047.) University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - $98,866,362
048.) University of Colorado Boulder - $98,413,285
049.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
050.) University of California-Berkeley - $94,646,123

051.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
052.) University of Utah - $94,177,912
053.) North Carolina State University at Raleigh - $92,724,547
054.) Oklahoma State University-Main Campus - $91,066,952
055.) Kansas State University - $89,919,819
056.) Texas Tech University - $86,442,709
057.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155
058.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - $83,767,722
059.) Rutgers University-New Brunswick - $83,053,040
060.) Boston College - $82,680,712

061.) Oregon State University - $82,364,021
062.) Iowa State University - $79,860,045
063.) Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus - $79,491,714
064.) University of Connecticut - $79,100,614
065.) Wake Forest University - $76,520,111
066.) Washington State University - $75,957,792
067.) Brigham Young University-Provo - $72,622,845
068.) Southern Methodist University - $70,501,474
069.) University of Central Florida - $68,359,639
070.) University of Houston - $68,285,574

071.) Temple University - $60,004,621
072.) Colorado State University-Fort Collins - $56,081,379
073.) University of Memphis - $55,494,325
074.) University of South Florida-Main Campus - $55,103,914
075.) San Diego State University - $54,402,858
076.) University of Cincinnati-Main Campus - $53,555,898
077.) East Carolina University - $50,722,801
078.) Liberty University - $50,593,390
079.) California State University-Fresno - $49,469,530
080.) University of Hawaii at Manoa - $45,745,380

081.) University of Nevada-Las Vegas - $44,245,146
082.) Old Dominion University - $43,996,643
083.) University of Nevada-Reno - $43,436,728
084.) University of Tulsa - $42,986,622
085.) Boise State University - $42,343,886
086.) Rice University - $41,870,484
087.) University of Wyoming - $41,252,831
088.) University of North Texas - $40,758,584
089.) University of Massachusetts-Amherst - $40,000,150
090.) University of New Mexico-Main Campus - $39,982,066

091.) Miami University-Oxford - $38,714,678
092.) Georgia State University - $38,399,503
093.) University of North Carolina at Charlotte - $38,165,424
094.) Tulane University of Louisiana - $37,101,339
095.) University at Buffalo - $37,015,023
096.) Texas State University - $36,634,363
097.) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $36,494,380
098.) University of Akron Main Campus - $35,554,930
099.) Utah State University - $34,564,538
100.) University of Louisiana at Lafayette - $33,840,123

101.) The University of Texas at El Paso - $33,740,768
102.) Western Michigan University - $33,664,368
103.) Central Michigan University - $33,642,870
104.) University of Toledo - $33,358,750
105.) Middle Tennessee State University - $32,762,435
106.) Troy University - $32,704,262
107.) Marshall University - $31,987,939
108.) Florida International University - $31,549,581
109.) The University of Texas at San Antonio- $31,155,038
110.) Florida Atlantic University - $30,885,685

111.) San Jose State University - $30,583,967
112.) Coastal Carolina University - $30,017,956
113.) Kent State University at Kent - $29,074,838
114.) Eastern Michigan University - $28,601,681
115.) Appalachian State University - $28,482,163
116.) Ohio University-Main Campus - $28,325,005
117.) Ball State University - $27,911,651
118.) New Mexico State University-Main Campus - $27,013,637
119.) Northern Illinois University - $26,795,495
120.) Bowling Green State University-Main Campus - $26,001,187

121.) Western Kentucky University - $25,997,243
122.) University of South Alabama - $25,695,217
123.) Louisiana Tech University - $23,218,090
124.) University of Southern Mississippi - $22,804,589
125.) Arkansas State University-Main Campus - $20,708,238
126.) Georgia Southern University - $20,556,842
127.) University of Louisiana at Monroe - $15,252,816
128.) Air Force - Not Available
129.) Navy - Not Available
130.) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY - Not Available

Do you have a total for all teams? That is a staggering amount of money in those figures.
I was hoping you had this on a spreadsheet.
 
You think the sweetheart deal with the Yum center had anything to do with it?
We do have a great deal with the Yum Center but we are also had a good deal at Freedom Hall. The thing that probably helped the most was The ACC. Here are the numbers since 2003 and the Yum Center has been open since 2010.

University of Louisville

Total Revenues by Years

2003 - $35,084,742 - C-USA

2004 - $39,631,490 - C-USA

2005 - $48,322,617 - Big East

2006 - $54,589,997 - Big East

2007 - $52,203,604 - Big East

2008 - $58,023,326 - Big East

2009 - $63,487,394 - Big East

2010 - $87,736,320 - Big East

2011 - $87,840,504 - Big East

2012 - $96,193,329 - Big East

2013 - $89,428,348 - American

2014 - $104,325,208 - ACC

2015 - $112,146,501 - ACC

2016 - $122,445,304 - ACC

2017 - $140,155,907 - ACC

2018 - $148,667,940 - ACC
 
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There is a more detailed database out there that I dont have the link to off hand, but basically Louisville still receives an $8 million subsidy to stay out of the red (most top schools receive $0) and they have a revenue boost of $18 million from 'other' where most top schools have $1-2 million - so yes Louisville uses creative accounting.
 
There is a more detailed database out there that I dont have the link to off hand, but basically Louisville still receives an $8 million subsidy to stay out of the red (most top schools receive $0) and they have a revenue boost of $18 million from 'other' where most top schools have $1-2 million - so yes Louisville uses creative accounting.

Also, remember kentucky athletics GIVES BACK to the school...so yes, they (U6) uses very creative accounting (which is why their claim as the most profitable program was BS)
 
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And that doesn't even get into media revenue for ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS etc. With Zillions of dollars at stake, it's hard for me to believe that they won't find a way to have a football season this year. Whatever they have to pay to keep players and staff protected would pale in comparison to what they stand to lose.
 
And that doesn't even get into media revenue for ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS etc. With Zillions of dollars at stake, it's hard for me to believe that they won't find a way to have a football season this year. Whatever they have to pay to keep players and staff protected would pale in comparison to what they stand to lose.
I would say that is already in there.
 
These numbers are usually total revenue as state institutions, the athletic departments report all revenue obtain in a given academic year. The media money you are referring to is often listed as the conference share for the conferences make the deals (sans Norte dame) with the media.

This is why there is great disparity in ACC/SEC schools and the pac 10 on the list as ESPN/cbs pay a great deal more to those schools in the east.

Dave
 
I've looked through this database off and on over the past 10 years. It is a Fed reporting requirement but I'm sure there is still some "accounting leeway" when compiling your numbers

Even for trained accountants it is hard to "understand" lop level numbers without knowing exactly "how" you got there. Lots of variables that can affect the bottom/top line. JMO

Peace
Numbers DONT lie





but, they can be manipulated (UL is a perfect example)
 
These numbers are usually total revenue as state institutions, the athletic departments report all revenue obtain in a given academic year. The media money you are referring to is often listed as the conference share for the conferences make the deals (sans Norte dame) with the media.

This is why there is great disparity in ACC/SEC schools and the pac 10 on the list as ESPN/cbs pay a great deal more to those schools in the east.

Dave
This pretty much summarizes an otherwise "hard to compare" situation. The TV money between the BIG and SEC and everybody else is enormous.

Put all in one place by USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz:


Steve Berkowitz
✔@ByBerkowitz

All Power 5's have now released FY 18 tax returns.
Per-school distributions for the year, according to the docs:
-Big Ten: $54M to 12 longest-standing schools
-SEC: $43.7M to all except Mississippi (postseason ban)
-Big 12: $34.7M
-Pac-12 and ACC: $29.5M each

2:12 PM - May 24, 2019

Note this was for FY18.

The TV revenue for SEC school was $10M more than for the ACC, PAC 12 and Big 12. The TV revenue for BIG schools was a staggering $20M more than for the ACC, PAC 12 and Big 12! :eek:

Except for maybe TX and OU (lots of oil money) I really don't see how the ACC, PAC 12 and BIG 12 schools can keep up.

Peace
 
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These numbers are usually total revenue as state institutions, the athletic departments report all revenue obtain in a given academic year. The media money you are referring to is often listed as the conference share for the conferences make the deals (sans Norte dame) with the media.

This is why there is great disparity in ACC/SEC schools and the pac 10 on the list as ESPN/cbs pay a great deal more to those schools in the east.

Dave

I think we are miscommunication. I'm talking about ALL the money that's on the table for ALL PARTIES, schools are a big slice of it, but the media sources run on ad revenue, ESPN and others will take big hits trying to run their engines on the Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas and reruns from previous football seasons. Advertisers will also suffer not getting their messages out to target audiences.

So to ascertain rather or not we will have football this year, follow the money - The Schools, The NCAA, ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Anheuser-Busch, Verizon, Niki etc. They will be pushing full bore at developing systems, and procedures to make it happen.
 
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And that doesn't even get into media revenue for ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS etc. With Zillions of dollars at stake, it's hard for me to believe that they won't find a way to have a football season this year. Whatever they have to pay to keep players and staff protected would pale in comparison to what they stand to lose.

And with that much money at stake it is amazing how little UK invested in football from 2002 until 2013.
 
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I think we are miscommunication. I'm talking about ALL the money that's on the table for ALL PARTIES, schools are a big slice of it, but the media sources run on ad revenue, ESPN and others will take big hits trying to run their engines on the Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas and reruns from previous football seasons. Advertisers will also suffer not getting their messages out to target audiences.

So to ascertain rather or not we will have football this year, follow the money - The Schools, The NCAA, ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Anheuser-Busch, Verizon, Niki etc. They will be pushing full bore at developing systems, and procedures to make it happen.

Well, I put my plan on here in a new thread, never did find it published though. Not sure why not, it was completely voluntary, and I guarantee you if I was on a major college football team I would take my chances on the virus if I were in the 10 to 28 year old age group, which all of our players would be, rather than risk losing a year of playing. The Chinese death rate for that age group was 0.2%, which means if we limited the team to 50 players the chances of any of the fifty dying would be very small, even without special precautions. Maybe only the P5 teams with very limited attendance, maybe parents only or a few other necessary people, some press with max separation between everyone, lots of TV with lots of ads. Then think of all the old folks like me that would be glued to our TVs and not out taking chances.

Look, we already have a lot of the young and invincible not worried about spreading the disease, let them do it for a good cause. We will probably have several players that have it by then anyway. And to make the fatalities even a lot less than chance have all the players (probably limited to 50 or so) that agree get infected, in a controlled environment, with the best medical monitoring and treatment, at the first sign of infection, the 0.2% death rate would probably be much less than that. Do a thorough exam to find any underlying health problems, the biggest cause of deaths. And of course the whole thing would be completely voluntary, with full explanations to the volunteers IF there are possible long term effects.

We still have a lot to learn about the virus, and this might turn out to be completely worthless idea, and it would probably need to be started by June to get everyone recovered in time, also to work the bugs out (bugs as in virus bugs??). And by June the plan may not be necessary at all, hopefully. Most coaches would probably want to be in the press box, with two way radio communication with the QBs and certain captains on Defense, maybe one radio that could be switched between the defensive captains in case of injury, etc.

Probably only the major conferences, and let them vote on it, limit the number of players to 50 or so, maybe let some of the other semi major conferences vote on it, but the main TV audience (and money flow) would come from the P5 programs.

Enough, just a WAI (Wild A$$ Idea), and let someone smarter than me work out the details if they think it has any merit. Certainly a lot more things to consider, like the officials, but don't most fans want them to be expendable anyway, lol.
 
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From https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

Reporting Year: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019

just as a reference in 2003 UK’s Total Revenue was $52,383,225

Also I did not compile the numbers as I just did a copy and paste lol

Southeastern Conference

01.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
02.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
03.) Texas A & M University-College Station - $160,101,611
04.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
05.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
06.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
07.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
08.) University of South Carolina-Columbia - $140,295,659
09.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
10.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
11.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
12.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
13.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
14.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155


Total Revenues by Team

001.) The University of Texas at Austin - $215,829,101
002.) Ohio State University-Main Campus - $209,102,666
003.) Florida State University - $198,407,201
004.) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - $175,006,632
005.) University of Georgia - $174,042,482
006.) University of Notre Dame - $169,547,625
007.) The University of Alabama - $166,812,799
008.) Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus - $164,529,325
009.) Texas A & M University-College Station- $160,101,611
010.) University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus - $159,286,136

011.) Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - $157,787,780
012.) Auburn University - $152,455,418
013.) University of Wisconsin-Madison - $151,369,153
014.) University of Louisville - $148,667,940
015.) University of Iowa - $144,070,825
016.) University of Florida - $143,627,997
017.) University of Kentucky - $143,481,480
018.) University of South Carolina-Columbia- $140,295,659
019.) University of Arkansas - $139,504,649
020.) Stanford University - $139,390,932

021.) The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - $135,818,717
022.) University of Nebraska-Lincoln - $130,313,578
023.) University of California-Los Angeles - $127,339,042
024.) University of Miami - $127,170,251
025.) Indiana University-Bloomington - $126,358,047
026.) Clemson University - $124,601,614
027.) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - $122,667,963
028.) University of Kansas - $119,768,008
029.) University of Southern California - $118,687,120
030.) Texas Christian University - $118,496,653

031.) Michigan State University - $116,186,933
032.) University of Washington-Seattle Campus - $116,048,869
033.) Duke University - $116,021,513
034.) Northwestern University - $111,421,226
035.) Purdue University-Main Campus - $110,844,907
036.) University of Virginia-Main Campus - $108,854,006
037.) University of Maryland-College Park - $108,796,303
038.) University of Oregon - $108,500,370
039.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $105,407,867
040.) University of Arizona - $102,275,918

041.) Arizona State University-Tempe - $101,836,361
042.) Mississippi State University - $101,454,439
043.) Baylor University - $101,243,920
044.) West Virginia University - $101,095,223
045.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - $100,156,079
046.) Syracuse University - $99,815,688
047.) University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - $98,866,362
048.) University of Colorado Boulder - $98,413,285
049.) University of Mississippi - $96,790,426
050.) University of California-Berkeley - $94,646,123

051.) University of Missouri-Columbia - $94,612,498
052.) University of Utah - $94,177,912
053.) North Carolina State University at Raleigh - $92,724,547
054.) Oklahoma State University-Main Campus - $91,066,952
055.) Kansas State University - $89,919,819
056.) Texas Tech University - $86,442,709
057.) Vanderbilt University - $86,186,155
058.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - $83,767,722
059.) Rutgers University-New Brunswick - $83,053,040
060.) Boston College - $82,680,712

061.) Oregon State University - $82,364,021
062.) Iowa State University - $79,860,045
063.) Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus - $79,491,714
064.) University of Connecticut - $79,100,614
065.) Wake Forest University - $76,520,111
066.) Washington State University - $75,957,792
067.) Brigham Young University-Provo - $72,622,845
068.) Southern Methodist University - $70,501,474
069.) University of Central Florida - $68,359,639
070.) University of Houston - $68,285,574

071.) Temple University - $60,004,621
072.) Colorado State University-Fort Collins - $56,081,379
073.) University of Memphis - $55,494,325
074.) University of South Florida-Main Campus - $55,103,914
075.) San Diego State University - $54,402,858
076.) University of Cincinnati-Main Campus - $53,555,898
077.) East Carolina University - $50,722,801
078.) Liberty University - $50,593,390
079.) California State University-Fresno - $49,469,530
080.) University of Hawaii at Manoa - $45,745,380

081.) University of Nevada-Las Vegas - $44,245,146
082.) Old Dominion University - $43,996,643
083.) University of Nevada-Reno - $43,436,728
084.) University of Tulsa - $42,986,622
085.) Boise State University - $42,343,886
086.) Rice University - $41,870,484
087.) University of Wyoming - $41,252,831
088.) University of North Texas - $40,758,584
089.) University of Massachusetts-Amherst - $40,000,150
090.) University of New Mexico-Main Campus - $39,982,066

091.) Miami University-Oxford - $38,714,678
092.) Georgia State University - $38,399,503
093.) University of North Carolina at Charlotte - $38,165,424
094.) Tulane University of Louisiana - $37,101,339
095.) University at Buffalo - $37,015,023
096.) Texas State University - $36,634,363
097.) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $36,494,380
098.) University of Akron Main Campus - $35,554,930
099.) Utah State University - $34,564,538
100.) University of Louisiana at Lafayette - $33,840,123

101.) The University of Texas at El Paso - $33,740,768
102.) Western Michigan University - $33,664,368
103.) Central Michigan University - $33,642,870
104.) University of Toledo - $33,358,750
105.) Middle Tennessee State University - $32,762,435
106.) Troy University - $32,704,262
107.) Marshall University - $31,987,939
108.) Florida International University - $31,549,581
109.) The University of Texas at San Antonio- $31,155,038
110.) Florida Atlantic University - $30,885,685

111.) San Jose State University - $30,583,967
112.) Coastal Carolina University - $30,017,956
113.) Kent State University at Kent - $29,074,838
114.) Eastern Michigan University - $28,601,681
115.) Appalachian State University - $28,482,163
116.) Ohio University-Main Campus - $28,325,005
117.) Ball State University - $27,911,651
118.) New Mexico State University-Main Campus - $27,013,637
119.) Northern Illinois University - $26,795,495
120.) Bowling Green State University-Main Campus - $26,001,187

121.) Western Kentucky University - $25,997,243
122.) University of South Alabama - $25,695,217
123.) Louisiana Tech University - $23,218,090
124.) University of Southern Mississippi - $22,804,589
125.) Arkansas State University-Main Campus - $20,708,238
126.) Georgia Southern University - $20,556,842
127.) University of Louisiana at Monroe - $15,252,816
128.) Air Force - Not Available
129.) Navy - Not Available
130.) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY - Not Available

Something seems off about this. Iowa? USCe ahead of Arkansas with all that oil money? State is relatively close to UNC
 
I think we are miscommunication. I'm talking about ALL the money that's on the table for ALL PARTIES, schools are a big slice of it, but the media sources run on ad revenue, ESPN and others will take big hits trying to run their engines on the Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas and reruns from previous football seasons. Advertisers will also suffer not getting their messages out to target audiences.

So to ascertain rather or not we will have football this year, follow the money - The Schools, The NCAA, ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Anheuser-Busch, Verizon, Niki etc. They will be pushing full bore at developing systems, and procedures to make it happen.

I agree with your last paragraph 100%. Right now it is certainly in doubt as to whether there will even be a season or not, in which case shouldn't someone be brainstorming with ideas to try to have a season? Way too early to decide what changes will have to be made to have a season but shouldn't there be some brainstorming like my post in order to come up with some way to have a season this fall?

It doesn't sound prohibitively out of the question that some risks would be worth it in order to have a season. After all, in the early 1900s there were 32 deaths from football games in one year, and that was with a tiny percentage of the teams playing that we have now and with NO multimillionaires being made because they were good at the game. It could probably be played with even less casualties than they would have if they didn't play, AND playing would be their choice, no loss of scholarship if they chose not to play.

We draft young men AND women and send them off to fight wars for a lot less than the lowest paid NFL player makes, I made $84 a month for almost two years (promotions frozen) in the Army, and just sheer luck I wasn't dodging bullets during the time I volunteered to serve in the Army. Of course that was a long time ago, but still.

Always thought it remarkable that one PFC in our battery was promoted six times in less than a year while none of the rest of us that graduated from a six months school were promoted, of course all of his promotions were back to PFC after being busted back to Private, LOL.
 
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Right now it is certainly in doubt as to whether there will even be a season or not, in which case shouldn't someone be brainstorming with ideas to try to have a season?

IMO that is going on right now as we speak, there's just too much at stake NOT to be planning for a season in some capacity. But we have to realize that no one knows what kind of shape we will be in come August, hopefully much better in the way of testing and immunity identification.

To me the way they have to view it is, if they have a season there will be some players, coaches and other staff that contract the disease hopefully very few - lets say 2%. The question then becomes had their NOT been a football season what percent of that same group would have contracted the disease anyway? The point being if critics point to having the season as wrong because X% caught it, that becomes invalid if the percent of the general population that caught it is the same or more.
 
IMO that is going on right now as we speak, there's just too much at stake NOT to be planning for a season in some capacity. But we have to realize that no one knows what kind of shape we will be in come August, hopefully much better in the way of testing and immunity identification.

To me the way they have to view it is, if they have a season there will be some players, coaches and other staff that contract the disease hopefully very few - lets say 2%. The question then becomes had their NOT been a football season what percent of that same group would have contracted the disease anyway? The point being if critics point to having the season as wrong because X% caught it, that becomes invalid if the percent of the general population that caught it is the same or more.

I think with my plan, players getting it early and having early and better treatment there would be fewer casualties. There is a lot of physical contact in football, a lot of times you get the snot knocked out of you. I think a better plan is to make sure they are over it before the season starts. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather just have it and get it over with (assuming I would pass a thorough exam for underlying problems) if I were young and healthy, which you assume football players are. I think if I were young and healthy (and I had very few ailments when younger) I would rather go that way, and it looks like a lot of younger folk are taking a lot of chances, ok with me except they are spreading the disease. At 82 I am in pretty good shape but I want no part of the disease, in fact I worry about the health system saving resources for younger patients.
 
I think with my plan, players getting it early and having early and better treatment there would be fewer casualties. There is a lot of physical contact in football, a lot of times you get the snot knocked out of you. I think a better plan is to make sure they are over it before the season starts. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather just have it and get it over with (assuming I would pass a thorough exam for underlying problems) if I were young and healthy, which you assume football players are. I think if I were young and healthy (and I had very few ailments when younger) I would rather go that way, and it looks like a lot of younger folk are taking a lot of chances, ok with me except they are spreading the disease. At 82 I am in pretty good shape but I want no part of the disease, in fact I worry about the health system saving resources for younger patients.

I heard a report yesterday about a 40 year old Marathon runner with no physical issues dying from CV. Granted that's an anomaly but it's a reminder that this virus is a killer and not something you don't want to play fast and loose with.
 
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I think with my plan, players getting it early and having early and better treatment there would be fewer casualties. There is a lot of physical contact in football, a lot of times you get the snot knocked out of you. I think a better plan is to make sure they are over it before the season starts. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather just have it and get it over with (assuming I would pass a thorough exam for underlying problems) if I were young and healthy, which you assume football players are. I think if I were young and healthy (and I had very few ailments when younger) I would rather go that way, and it looks like a lot of younger folk are taking a lot of chances, ok with me except they are spreading the disease. At 82 I am in pretty good shape but I want no part of the disease, in fact I worry about the health system saving resources for younger patients.

I heard a report yesterday about a 40 year old Marathon runner with no physical issues dying from CV. Granted that's an anomaly but it's a reminder that this virus is a killer and not something you want to play fast and loose with.


A major trend in medical research right now is phenotyping - individual, diseases, drugs, etc.

The likely reason you see what appear to be outliers like the young, healthy marathon runner dying from something like COVID-19 is that his receptors in his body were an especially good match with the virus. It's believed to be the same reason that I can prescribe the same med to 15 of my patients, and it works great for 80% of them, ok for 10%, and not at all for the other 10%.

So, while probabilities show some are particularly susceptible, it's important to remember statistics only suggest probabilities not absolutes.

Overall, as we've all seen it stated, it's about risk mitigation. At some point, the governments around the world will make decisions to begin reopening everything if the risk seems low enough to take the chance.

For example, there were about 40,000 deaths related to car accidents in the US in each of the last 3 years, but each of us that choose to get in a car (either as a driver or passenger) do so b/c we have determined the risk of car crash fatality is low enough that it's reasonable.

Similarly, we do the same thing each year during flu season. I am not arguing that COVID-19 is or is not worse than the flu. I am only stating we take the risk despite large numbers of Americans acquiring AND DYING from the flu each year.



It will be interesting to see what the numbers (and decisions from medical & gov't officials) show over the next few weeks.
 
I heard a report yesterday about a 40 year old Marathon runner with no physical issues dying from CV. Granted that's an anomaly but it's a reminder that this virus is a killer and not something you don't want to play fast and loose with.

Of course you have to treat it very seriously, and my ideas are way too premature, but it is never too early to start thinking. Hopefully we have some great news about the treatment before the football season gets here, and of course football isn't the most important thing in the world, no matter how important it is to some of us. I really think that we could have a pretty good season with very little danger to participants IF it is done properly. Hopefully we know more about it with every passing day..
 
A major trend in medical research right now is phenotyping - individual, diseases, drugs, etc.

The likely reason you see what appear to be outliers like the young, healthy marathon runner dying from something like COVID-19 is that his receptors in his body were an especially good match with the virus. It's believed to be the same reason that I can prescribe the same med to 15 of my patients, and it works great for 80% of them, ok for 10%, and not at all for the other 10%.

So, while probabilities show some are particularly susceptible, it's important to remember statistics only suggest probabilities not absolutes.

Overall, as we've all seen it stated, it's about risk mitigation. At some point, the governments around the world will make decisions to begin reopening everything if the risk seems low enough to take the chance.

For example, there were about 40,000 deaths related to car accidents in the US in each of the last 3 years, but each of us that choose to get in a car (either as a driver or passenger) do so b/c we have determined the risk of car crash fatality is low enough that it's reasonable.

Similarly, we do the same thing each year during flu season. I am not arguing that COVID-19 is or is not worse than the flu. I am only stating we take the risk despite large numbers of Americans acquiring AND DYING from the flu each year.



It will be interesting to see what the numbers (and decisions from medical & gov't officials) show over the next few weeks.

When I was born I wouldn't come out until I got it in writing that I would live to be 90. Getting close.
 
Not to the topic of the thread but to a couple of misunderstandings brought up in the thread that need to be clarified...

On the backs of EVERY tax payer in the state of Kentucky.:mad::mad::mad:
About 20% ($2B+) of the state revenues comes from Jefferson County. Half that amount comes back to Jefferson. This was based on 2005 state revenues.

You think the sweetheart deal with the Yum center had anything to do with it?

UK just signed a new contract with Rupp. $1.9M "flat rate" for 28 events or about $67,900 per event.

UofL contract with YUM! has always been based on a percentage of ticket sales. For mens games that has been about $5/ticket. Girls games were also based on ticket sales or a minimum flat rate of $5K/game.

Ticket sales have been way down the past 2 years (about 16,000 vs 20,000) so the Arena Authority wanted more. The previous "interim university management" agreed to a $2.4M/year flat rate increase to the attendance base rent.

Add it all up and for 2019 the UofL rent was an average of about $119K per event for 34 events. And that will go up if the record low attendance of the past 2 years goes up. The sweetheart in this deal is YUM! Arena.

Peace
 
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These lists are always interesting, but thats about all theyre good for. Every school accounts for their money in different ways. UL changed how they account for some of their donations about 15 years ago in order to make them look like a big player during the early stages of conference realignment. Even though they were the last school picked, I guess you could say it worked.
 
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