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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/101207_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=east

by ojbyrne 16y ago

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/101207_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/... "no college or university in the United States has an athletic department that is financially self-sustaining."

ericras 16y ago
That may be true but it's not a direct rebuttal to the previous comment. Does Texas' $3M coach bring in an additional $2.9M+ per year compared to if Texas hired a coach for $100,000?
Anechoic 16y ago
That doesn't disprove the statement. If may very well be that the football (or whatever) program turns a profit and the rest of the athletic department loses more than the profitable program makes.
tedunangst 16y ago
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/REV_EXP_2010.pdf http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/REV_EXP_201... BCS: "Between 50 and 60 percent of football and men's basketball programs have reported net generated revenues (surpluses) for each of the five years reported." Translation: football makes money, other sports lose money. FBS: "Only two percent of football programs reported net generated revenues." Translation: When your program sucks, your revenue sucks too. Also note that all 14 programs that made money overall were BCS teams.