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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to highjack this thread, but Texas moving to the SEC is huge.  "The UT athletic department is a self-sustaining operation. No public money is used for any aspect of UT athletics.'' And in total, specific to the football program, the University of Texas has $41.8 million in expenses (quite a budget) but $146.8 million in football revenue. And that profit of almost $105 million is the financial foundation for all other programs in the athletic department.[/quote]

There are quite a few self sustaining athletic departments.  That’s not unusual at all. [/quote]

Can you post the self sustaining departments?[/quote]

The schools getting the fat TV contracts through their leagues have self-sustaining Athletic departments. UT is not unique.[/quote]

What is your definition of "unique"?  There are only 22 self sustaining football programs the participate in D1 athletics. That is less than 10 percent of D1 public institutions.

These are the 22 schools who turned a profit in the athletic department without having to rely on student fees or other forms of support from the university (including government funds):

School	
Total revenue
Generated revenue
Allocated revenue
Total expenses
Difference

Oregon	
$122,394,483
$119,709,341
$2,685,142
$77,856,232
$41,853,109*

Alabama	
$130,542,153
$125,562,153
$4,980,000
$98,961,214
$26,600,939

Penn State	
$106,614,724
$106,614,724
$0
$88,041,921
$18,572,803

Michigan	
$106,874,031
$106,640,861
$233,170
$89,133,850
$17,507,011

Oklahoma State	
$106,362,128
$100,708,922
$5,653,206
$83,748,207
$16,960,715

Iowa	
$88,735,093
$88,209,386
$525,707
$74,438,196
$13,771,190

Texas	
$143,555,354
$143,555,354
$0
$130,436,534
$13,118,820

Oklahoma	
$98,512,287
$98,512,287
$0
$87,678,199
$10,834,088

Georgia	
$89,735,934
$86,533,389
$3,202,545
$77,250,831
$9,282,558

LSU	
$111,030,795
$111,030,795
$0
$102,326,769
$8,704,026

Kansas State	
$53,436,790
$50,201,682
$3,235,108
$42,337,682
$7,864,000

Florida	
$117,104,407
$112,693,506
$4,410,901
$105,824,376
$6,869,130

Texas A&M	
$82,774,133
$82,774,133
$0
$75,941,926
$6,832,207

Arkansas	
$78,072,620
$76,377,647
$1,694,973
$71,801,905
$4,575,742

Purdue	
$61,653,561
$61,653,561
$0
$58,365,143
$3,288,418

Michigan State	
$83,545,892
$83,545,892
$3,348,785
$78,162,447
$2,034,660

Nebraska	
$73,483,733
$73,483,733
$0
$71,738,068
$1,745,665

West Virginia	
$62,030,104
$57,774,867
$4,255,237
$56,607,917
$1,166,950

Indiana	
$69,287,811
$66,905,296
$2,382,515
$65,796,415
$1,108,881

Virginia Tech	
$63,613,464
$56,706,913
$6,906,551
$55,738,633
$968,280

Ohio State	
$123,174, 176
$123,174, 176
$0
$122,739,754
$434,422

Washington	
$64,034,410
$61,851,895
$2,182,515
$61,640,598
$211,297
The chart is courtesy of USA Today.[/quote]

People keep conflating athletic departments with football programs.  These schools with good football programs allow good paydays to fund all of the programs that operate at a loss.  [b]While the athletic programs might run at a deficit[/b], without the cash generated from football it would be worse.   All of the schools with profitable athletic departments generally have rabid football or basketball fan bases.

The other question to ask is why athletic departments should need to make a profit?  T[b]here are real benefits that accrue to a school with successful football and basketball programs, such as alumni donations, national advertising, and making the school more appealing to prospective students.[/b][/quote]

You realize that's a big deal, right? Do you have any peer-reviewed evidence of your benefits claim?[/quote]

DP Number of apps soar as does amount & number of donations/donors. If you need "peer-review" to validate this, I feel sorry for you.[/quote]

Do you know if the app quality increases? More apps isn't necessarily helpful. [/quote]

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