(07-11-2017 12:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote: You guys know there's a link in the OP with the answers to all the questions you're asking right? And if you want more detail the full audited financials for all of VAs athletic depts are available online.
Here's the latest but you can find past years
http://www.apa.virginia.gov/reports/OldD...AA2016.pdf
http://www.jmu.edu/financeoffice/fin-sta...aa2016.pdf
Good stuff Mturn. interesting information here.
couple of back of napkin items
ODU football vs JMU football
student aid 3.2m vs. 2.0 m
Coaching 2.1 vs. 1.5
Recruiting 300 k vs. 93k feels like we should be spending more here
Team travel 1.0 m vs. 435k
Game exp 722k vs. 1.3m it costs a lot to run Bridgeforth
Marketing 71k vs. 386 surprised we do more here
Dir. OH admin 650 vs. 1.7m whoa, who knows what is going on here? I suspect stadium related
for the whole athletic department
ODU travel $3.7 million vs. JMU $2.2 million
Odu scholies $8.9 vs. JMU 8.0 - either odu has less sports or their programs arent fully funded
Biggest takeaway, we spend a lot to run the stadium. much more than ODU , they derive $3.1 m in ticket revenue, we get 2.3
at a minimum, moving FBS would cost us $3.0 million more a year. Scholies, travel, coaches salaries,
increases in revenue, maybe another $500k in ticket revenue, $500k in conference distributions, but that maybe going down.
That means would have have to raise at least $2.0 more a year from donors. I suspect thats low. Probably looking more like $2.5 - 4.
Thats the price tag. That means everyone doubles their Duke club contribution. All these schools need to find a way to cut travel and increase ticket revenue. Regional conference, regional rivalries, less travel, more tickets sold.