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RE: Top G5 Athletic Revenue Schools (Minus Academic side transfers) ...
(07-06-2017 06:35 PM)quo vadis Wrote: The AAC has 4 of the top 5, with UConn comfortably at #1, but surprisingly, to me, west coast schools are well-represented, with 5 of the top 11, moreso than the overall revenue figures would indicate. Reason? western schools don't use the truly massive $20m+ subsidies that the AAC schools use. IMO, this reveals the hidden strength of west coast schools in deriving athletic revenues.
This does not surprise me at all. Other than San Diego State and San Jose State, none of the MWC has competition from pro sports.
Also only 2 MWC schools are on the West Coast, so the MWC doesn't have the West Coast cultural indifference to sports. Even Fresno has more in common with Arkansas than it does with the beach communities and big cities on the West coast.
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