USA Today is out with their NCAA school revenue and expenses. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

Here is how we rank within our conference.

JMU $48.2m
Delaware $40.8m
W&M $28.4m
Towson $26.9m
UNCW $16.4m
CofC $13m

As we know, JMU (37m) and Delaware (33m) get a lot of revenue from student fees. We get 14m. More students = more money.

Looking a little deeper, JMU has over 3m in ticket sales! We are at 950k.
Contributions: W&M 5.2m, JMU 2.4m, everyone else is <2m

So, when Delaware and JMU leave, we are top dog!

:-)

I wonder how that would look if we factored in the many millions of dollars donated by our Zables, Plumeris, etc.

(06-29-2018 08:49 AM)nj alum Wrote:  So, when Delaware and JMU leave, we are top dog!

:-)

We need to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

If we exclude JMU and UD (and I don't think they're leaving but what do I know), the only two public schools remaining who play football are:

W&M: $28.401 million
Towson: $26.989 million

I don't think that's a statistically significant difference. Elon is private so I guess they're not included in this data. Given the size of the school, I imagine their revenue is lower but their whole business model is different.

To compare W&M and Towson to UNCW and CofC we need a way to back the football revenues out of the total to get to basketball-only numbers. I would be stunned it we match either of those schools in what is essentially their marquee sport. (Again, no data on NE, Hofstra and Drexel.)

I realize the comment above was in jest but I think it's important that we keep in mind the magnitude of the mission our Athletic Department is taking on.

(06-29-2018 07:03 AM)Mrs. Got Ribe Wrote:  USA Today is out with their NCAA school revenue and expenses. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

Here is how we rank within our conference.

JMU $48.2m
Delaware $40.8m
W&M $28.4m
Towson $26.9m
UNCW $16.4m
CofC $13m

As we know, JMU (37m) and Delaware (33m) get a lot of revenue from student fees. We get 14m. More students = more money.

Looking a little deeper, JMU has over 3m in ticket sales! We are at 950k.
Contributions: W&M 5.2m, JMU 2.4m, everyone else is <2m

In addition to more students, JMU has 18 varsity athletic programs, Delaware 21. W&M has 23. Towson has 19 teams.