(07-08-2017 10:36 AM)arkstfan Wrote: WKYUG explained
USA Today is totally accurate when AState was shown having donations under $100k despite tax returns to the contrary.
USA Today report is BOGUS when AState is 68th in the country.
WKUYG has Uber hate for AState so whatever way makes AState look the worst is the correct reading. Never mind that AState pulled in about $10 million more in sponsorship and restricted purpose gifts (all same dude).
Never mind that USA Today no longer asks schools to report data in the categories and craft the report, they FOI a report schools are required to submit to the NCAA following NCAA established and required procedures. It is a REQUIREMENT of membership in other words dicking around is a violation.
No no no no it is all evil mind tricks.
Just another poor soul who thought a conference patch magically conferred superiority.
Learfield pays AState $1.6 million a year for marketing rights. UNT and La Tech $500,000 each. Why oh why? AState has no pro competition in state, only one P5 in state, no other G5's in state. Hell Riceland Foods was willing to fund a new bowl game just help AState. The owner of Centennial Bank couldn't get his board to buy our stadium naming rights because they had no banks in NE Arkansas so he bought the bank that got the naming rights. Learfield paid more because they know they can make more selling the Red Wolves than UNT and Tech combined.
But surely it's fake if you just hate AState a little harder. Poor WKU misses us even now.
You will not find any post by me saying CUSA is better in anything just because it's CUSA....
As to the numbers reported by ASU and as a lawyer that's been involved with ASU for as long as I remember. You know donations and naming rights would fall in one of these .....
Contributions, Rights / Licensing and not OTHER
I understand why ASU started listing everything including the kitchen sink in as "budget" related. With a budget around 13 to 15 million ASU was not going anywhere if a conference added schools. You know that, I know that, everyone should understand that. ASU can win the SBC every year and that budget along with limitations of location (Western had that same problem...still does) ASU would not be a target in any future expansion.
So if state laws limits the way ASU can report numbers as Chief has said since we been doing this game...going on at least 10 years. ASU found a way around those laws to make the school more attractive if there's future expansion. As most of us has seen in the last 6 or 7 years ...winning is not #1 on the list. It should be but isn't.
That 18 million is more than every school I looked at for "other"
I went down the line starting at A and just clicked on schools...some P5 and G5 to get a good mix. You know there's some fuzzy math going on with the way ASU counts.
Just look at Expenses for ASU your school pays less for coaches than Western. Scholarships dollars close to same and less in Facilities / Overhead
But ASU list $27,082,809 in the OTHER for expenses. Now tell me, what "other" is there that could add up to that amount?
2015 $16,067,778,
2014 $8,103,962.
Most of the previous 9 years 3-4 million range. Now tell me in what year did ASU start upgrading their stadium? How mush has ASU invested in building since 2014? I bet it's in the neighborhood of that 51 million increase in the "OTHER" for expenses.
"OTHER" revenue
Boise State 3,4,6 million range
Arkansas under 1 million (they dont play pay check games)
Bowling Green 3 million range
UFC 12 million 2016 usually 1-3 million
Cincinnati 5 million
Clemson 7 million 2016 usually 1-4 million
Colorado State 2 million range
East Carolina 2 million range
Georgia 3 to 6 million
Houston usually in the 1 to 2 million had a jump to 5 mil in 2016...NY-6 bowl?
UK 3 to 4 million
Louisiana-Lafayette 1 to 2 million
Marshall 1-2 million
Memphis 1-2 million
Mississippi 1-3 except 2014 7 million they played in a NY-6 bowl
San Diego State 1-3 million
South Alabama 1-3 million