Annual USA Today Financial Survey

[Skippy]

Every year USA Today updates its survey of Division 1 athletic department spending. Here is how the schools in the Big Sky rank, along with BSU and Utah State thrown in for fun. The numbers shown are in this order: total budget, percent of budget subsidized, amount of ticket revenue for all sports:

Boise State: $43.8 M, 28%, $7.9 M
Utah State: $30.3 M, 63%, $2.1 M

Big Sky Schools
1. Cal-Davis: $33.1 M, 77.5%, $613K
2. Cal-Poly: $26.2 M, 75.8 %, $620 K
3. N. Dakota: $24.2 M, 43.6%, $4.3 M
4. Montana: $22.3 M, 35.6%, $5.7 M
5. Sac State: $22.2 M, 81.2%, $246K
6. Idaho: $19.9M, 53%, $632K
7. Montana St.: $19.3M, 53%, $2.65M
8. NAU: $17.9M, 80.7%, $375K
9. N. Colo.: $15.7M, 66.5%, $309K
10. E. Wash.: $13.4M, 69.4%, $686K
11. Portland St.: $13.1M, 75.3%, $224K
12. Idaho State: $12.3M, 66.7%, $287K
13. Weber State: $11.9M, 66.3%, $519K
14. Southern Utah: $11M, 73.6%, $122K

 

[PBP]

I saw something along those lines recently from a national perspective. Texas A&M athletics brought in over 192 million dollars in revenue this past year. Deducting what they spent they "only" made 80 million dollars profit.

Texas came in second in athletic revenue, Ohio State third, Michigan fourth, Alabama fifth.

The least amount of money out of the top 15 programs that came in was 116 million for Georgia. They were 15th.

That's a lot of money there folks.

And Cal Davis has a 33 million dollar budget? WOW! You'd think they'd get better results for their money. LOL.

PBP

 

[Skippy]

Two things to keep in mind about Davis: they sponsor 20 sports (as compared to ISU's 13), and they are heavily subsidized, which means a good chunk of their budget is state money (scholarships and fee waivers for all those athletes). So it's not like their "revenue sports" are producing a lot of revenue.

 

[JJB]

Two things to keep in mind about Davis: they sponsor 20 sports (as compared to ISU's 13), and they are heavily subsidized, which means a good chunk of their budget is state money (scholarships and fee waivers for all those athletes).

ISU sponsors 15 sports. The minimum number of sports a division I program can offer is 14, 16 if you're FBS.

 

[mvem]

Idaho… :lol:

 

[PBP]

Two things to keep in mind about Davis: they sponsor 20 sports (as compared to ISU's 13), and they are heavily subsidized, which means a good chunk of their budget is state money (scholarships and fee waivers for all those athletes).

ISU sponsors 15 sports. The minimum number of sports a division I program can offer is 14, 16 if you're FBS.

The ISU web site lists 13 sports for whatever that's worth to you.

Men: Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Tennis, Track & Field
Women: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball

PBP

 

[JJB]

Two things to keep in mind about Davis: they sponsor 20 sports (as compared to ISU's 13), and they are heavily subsidized, which means a good chunk of their budget is state money (scholarships and fee waivers for all those athletes).

ISU sponsors 15 sports. The minimum number of sports a division I program can offer is 14, 16 if you're FBS.

The ISU web site lists 13 sports for whatever that's worth to you.

Men: Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Tennis, Track & Field
Women: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball

PBP

Track & Field = Indoor AND Outdoor

For whatever that's worth to you.