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(04-17-2016 05:51 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  

(04-17-2016 02:34 PM)ODU Oldtimer Wrote:  

CUSA Athletic Budgets (ODU has the highest budget among CUSA Schools)

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AAC Athletic Budgets (ODU would have the 7th highest)

Con Rank National Rank
1). 48 Connecticut AAC $72,155,789 $72,062,423 $28,070,681 38.90
2). 54 Cincinnati AAC $52,536,185 $51,717,370 $23,182,129 44.13
3). 55 Central Florida AAC $51,455,603 $47,647,475 $24,772,104 48.14
4). 58 East Carolina AAC $48,918,305 $49,352,531 $18,053,311 36.91
5). 59 South Florida AAC $45,479,012 $46,860,838 $21,774,572 47.88
6). 62 Houston AAC $44,815,210 $45,437,942 $25,994,014 58.00
7). 63 Old Dominion C-USA $43,994,715 $42,780,118 $28,419,259 64.60
8). 65 Memphis AAC $43,430,404 $43,287,138 $18,187,902 41.88
* Tulane and Tulsa not listed

Link.... http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

The questions that pique my curiosity – how can Memphis afford to pay Tubby Smith $3.09 million a year when their total budget is almost identical to ODU’s total budget, and why is it that ODU cannot afford to pay a similar salary for a head basketball coach?

EDIT: I suppose the best guess is that FED EX is paying for it.

+1 Those are my questions too. Why are the schools that are in the same range as us Memphis, Boise, USF, UCF and ECU able to pay good salaries while we are struggling to keep up with rest of the cusa.