(04-04-2016 08:44 AM)Chappy Wrote: (04-03-2016 10:33 AM)Titans3775 Wrote: Not exactly believable. Seriously Memphis not in the Top50? USF in the Top30?! Who is seriously going to believe that? This list likely doesn't take into account accounting tricks that most colleges employ to avoid showing profits. I know Memphis' income/expenses always show as the exact same number when the reality is that basketball is insanely profitable and supports every other sport at the university.
Not to mention it has Notre Dame behind East Carolina.
1. I think that there's a high probability that the professor didn't bother normalize numbers - or at least he did a very poor job of it. That makes all the outputs more or less the product of a random number generator with a loose nexus to reality.
2. There are MASSIVE subjective components, and I think that the professor has a HUGE bias. He has 4 degrees from 2 different B1G schools and he works at a B1G school. I think that it's more than a coincidence that the B1G does suspiciously well in his valuations. Additionally, I think that it's more than a coincidence that a IU/Purdue grad/IU professor thinks that ND basketball is worthless.
Overall, IMHO this "work" is embarrassing. And, on a related note, I'm sure he got some kind of research funding from somewhere for this "work." Unless you think that these findings advance the educations of students at IU (other than providing a case study of what to not do), I argue that it's a shining example of how academics and research are two very, very different things.
As a last point, if your school didn't do well, take it with a grain of salt. These valuations aren't even remotely close to being valid. If your school did well, then celebrate and let the good times roll. If nothing else, you have someone who believe in you.