I saw this statistic on an article about a college athlete suing the the NCAA:

NCAA's Most Profitable Basketball Programs (In Millions)
Revenue Profit
Louisville $18.5 $13.1
Arizona $16.6 $12.5
North Carolina $15.0 $10.2
NC State $11.4 $9.0
Illinois $11.3 $8.1
Indiana $11.9 $8.1
Wisconsin $12.0 $8.1
Minnesota $10.4 $7.6
Ohio State $11.4 $7.4
Kentucky $12.9 $7.2
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education from 2004-05 academic year


Thats pretty interesting...I wouldn't have guessed it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2337810



[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:06 PM. Reason : f]

2/21/2006 3:06:02 PM

well fuck UNC

2/21/2006 3:08:41 PM

Where are Duke and Cincy?


"Gold diggers"

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:09 PM. Reason : Q]

2/21/2006 3:09:34 PM

probably most of that money comes from ticket sales

2/21/2006 3:09:38 PM

yeah...we have a big arena, and to my knowledge, we dont have a huge payroll with our coaches.

2/21/2006 3:10:28 PM

UNC's is profitable becuase they're lucky enough to have the taxpayers foot the bill for the Nose Dome

2/21/2006 3:10:29 PM

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"Where are Duke and Cincy?"

Duke probabably isn't that profitable. Very, very low attendance, Huge coaching contract, small fan base. I am suprised that Kentucky is so low and Louisville is so high.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:15 PM. Reason : m]

2/21/2006 3:13:08 PM

yeah but they should be generating a ton of revenue from their media contracts. i'm sure they have to be right outside that list

2/21/2006 3:14:27 PM

I would've thought UNC would've had the most revenue

2/21/2006 3:14:50 PM

Media contracts are split equally among all acc schools.

2/21/2006 3:15:44 PM

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"yeah but they should be generating a ton of revenue from their media contracts."

wouldnt all that be split evenly among the ACC? we dont have any schools with individual contracts.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : ^yeah, what he said.]

2/21/2006 3:16:11 PM

^^^ Sales at wal-mart dont count for these numbers....

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : ^]

2/21/2006 3:16:15 PM

Louisville doesn't surprise me...think of what else is in Louisville? When their program is kickin', I bet it's the main attraction.

And Arizona has some of the most up-and-coming cities in America with Tucson and Phoenix. Money has been pouring into AZ for sometime now.

2/21/2006 3:16:45 PM

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"Louisville doesn't surprise me"

it does me. i would think that kentucky would take the cake in that state.

2/21/2006 3:17:30 PM

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"Media contracts are split equally among all acc schools."

ok nvm then

2/21/2006 3:20:54 PM

What about the commercial with Coach K?

2/21/2006 3:21:17 PM

^^^exactly...you get outside the city of Louisville and i would venture to say that 90% are UK fans opposed to Louisville. UK actually plays a couple of home games each year in Louisville's arena. Well one is actually considered neutral, their annual game with IU.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:24 PM. Reason : ^]

2/21/2006 3:23:27 PM

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"What about the commercial with Coach K? "

he probably gets paid for those, not the school.

2/21/2006 3:25:46 PM

i wonder if playing home games at 2 different arenas hurts UConn?

i figured they'd be top-10

2/21/2006 3:26:11 PM

THEY HAVE TO PAY ALL THE REFS

LOL

2/21/2006 3:26:46 PM

^ heh heh

2/21/2006 3:28:34 PM

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"he probably gets paid for those, not the school."

I know...it was a joke.... making fun of coach K and the ridiculous priviledges he gets

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"i wonder if playing home games at 2 different arenas hurts UConn? "

No,

They waste all of their money on players Calhoun must have like myself.


Sincerely,

Ed Nelson - Former ACC R.O.Y.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:30 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2006 3:28:51 PM

Probably being from such a small state hurt's UConn. Also the area they are in doesn't help. They compete with Redsox, Yankees, Celtics, Patriots, etc. for product sales. Syaracuse not being on the list is the one that really suprises me.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:31 PM. Reason : s]

2/21/2006 3:29:28 PM

The content of the article is vastly more interesting than how much money NCSU bball makes.

2/21/2006 3:45:36 PM

Uconn and Syracuse aren't on the list because no one cares about college sports up North.

They don't watch them.

2/21/2006 3:47:39 PM

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"They waste all of their money on players Calhoun must have like myself. Sincerely, Ed Nelson - Former ACC R.O.Y. "

please to show proof -- oh wait there isn't a single shred of it.. I forgot. This ridiculous venom against the school simply beacuse other programs are pissed off that UConn has jumped ahead of so many programs is getting ridiculous..

^ UConn bball is the MAIN event in Connecticut honestly.. of course it pales in comparison to pro baseball.. retail sales are probably right up near the top though..

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:48 PM. Reason : f]

2/21/2006 3:48:03 PM

hook, line, and sinker.

2/21/2006 3:48:50 PM

2/21/2006 3:55:08 PM

BRILLIANT!

2/21/2006 3:56:29 PM

^^^ It's the one and only thing I'll consistently argue over and I realize that will only make people post more about it just to try and get under my skin; that's no secret. People constantly make things up down here about the program without the first fucking clue as to what really goes on.

The entire program is judged on two screw ups who fucked up. One who came clean and one who lied to the police. Thus the two punishments were different.

I'll just ask for such a rotten and dirty program how many NCAA sanctions have been handed down?

** Frankly, it's incredibly ironic that State fans are the ones to pass judgment about a 'dirty' program considering our past... rightfully or wrongfully..

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:58 PM. Reason : and YES, I'm a State fan FIRST and always pull for the Pack head to head.]

2/21/2006 3:56:45 PM

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"** Frankly, it's incredibly ironic that State fans are the ones to pass judgment about a 'dirty' program considering our past... rightfully or wrongfully.."

not really
state fans had to pay the price and want others too as well, it actually makes a lot of sense

2/21/2006 4:03:39 PM

LTR's folks...

2/21/2006 4:17:34 PM

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"I would've thought UNC would've had the most revenue"

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"^^^ Sales at wal-mart dont count for these numbers...."

beat me to it

2/21/2006 4:22:15 PM

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"please to show proof -- oh wait there isn't a single shred of it.. I forgot. This ridiculous venom against the school simply beacuse other programs are pissed off that UConn has jumped ahead of so many programs is getting ridiculous.. "

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9014921

I don't hate Uconn becuase they're good...hell, I don't hate UConn. I hate Jim Calhoun and what he stands for. The same way I hated Adolph Rupp...and what he stood for (Even though he died before i was born... I'll never respect him). The same way I hate Quinn Snyder. (Quinn Snyder sucked ass, FWIW. I hate him equally with the others)

Just becuase you haven't been punished by the NCAA for doing something, doesn't mean it isn't going on. Tennessee football, for example.... dodging the NCAA for years.... somehow


I'm not intentionally trying to piss you off. We'll just agree to disagree.... I'd talk shit about UConn Calhoun with or without you here. Nothing personal

And yes, I realize that an NC State fan bitching about UConn is somewhat hypocritical... however, i'm an NC State fan... so it's okay to point the finger and laugh at another team


[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 6:01 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2006 5:49:58 PM

Also, on an unrelated note



I think this has been posted here before....dunno.

NCAA atheletic budgets.

http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.asp

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 5:56 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2006 5:56:09 PM

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"Louisville doesn't surprise me...think of what else is in Louisville? When their program is kickin', I bet it's the main attraction."

evidentily you've never been to louisville - i'd argue that the louisville/UK rivalry is just as strong if not stronger with students - and it's definitely stronger when considering the entire state and especially the 2 cities - lexington and louisville

freedom hall where UofL plays is also rather small (at least 1/2 if not 1/3 of the size of the RBC) so to bring in that much money is interesting though

2/21/2006 6:06:29 PM

I would have guessed KY by a long shot

2/21/2006 6:09:22 PM

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"freedom hall where UofL plays is also rather small (at least 1/2 if not 1/3 of the size of the RBC) so to bring in that much money is interesting though"

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"Freedom Hall's facelift provided new record crowds for the Cards. The largest crowd in the facility was the 20,086 group that witnessed U of L defeat 19th-ranked Indiana on Feb. 1, 2003. The biggest crowd prior to the renovation was 17,661 against Cincinnati on February 22, 1969. Freedom Hall surpassed the nine million mark in attendance for U of L basketball games in 2001. Last year the Cards ranked third nationally in home attendance with a 19,037 home average, the 27th consecutive year U of L has ranked among the nation's top 10, including 21 straight in the top five. U of L averaged a record 19,590 in 1996-97. "

http://uoflsports.collegesports.com/facilities/lou-facilities-freedom-hall.html



The RBC Center holds 19,722 just so you know.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 6:13 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2006 6:10:42 PM

damn - way off on the seating i guess - just seems that much smaller - everywhere is a great seat as opposed to the rbc center being so high on the 3rd level

2/21/2006 6:21:39 PM

I wonder what this excludes

2/21/2006 7:44:34 PM

So we're like the Clippers of college...

2/21/2006 8:02:30 PM

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"Where are Duke and Cincy?"

my guess is duke doesnt have to release their numbers since they are private

2/21/2006 8:17:27 PM

Freedom Hall is seriously how I would envision a Reynold's version 2.0.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 9:18 PM. Reason : minus the blue seats in the upper level]

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 9:44 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2006 9:15:50 PM

It might have something to do with private/public (why Duke and others aren't on the list). Public institutions have very specific budget reporting rules because they have to report to the people. Private institutions can play with their fiscal numbers a little more. Just a thought, seemed odd not one of the top 10 were private.

2/22/2006 12:37:59 AM

bttt we've got the money

4/4/2006 1:23:00 PM