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If only there were some kind of engines that could power searches for such information. Oh, wait.... "The latest annual update to USA Today’s mammoth database

If only there were some kind of engines that could power searches for such information. Oh, wait.... "The latest annual update to USA Today’s mammoth database on revenue and expenses at institutions in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association notes that just 22 athletic departments are operating in the black. Spending across the 227 public universities for which USA Today could gather data rose by $267 million from a year earlier." http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/05/16/texas-tops-money-making-athletic-departments http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/05/16/texas-to... And that's just Division I. Care to make an argument that football teams in either of Divisions II or III are cash cows?

greenyoda 13y ago
Yeah, I know how to use Google too, but it should be the author's responsibility to back up his assertion with facts, not the reader's. Making an unsupported claim like this is the sign of lazy journalism. Division I schools probably have much higher expenses (more and better paid coaches, more spending on stadiums and other infrastructure, more perks for the players, etc.), so it's not immediately obvious whether they're actually more profitable than the other divisions. Economics is full of surprises.