How about we change the subject for a while.
I’ve been browsing in the Sportico database to compare revenue sources for the major programs. I want to see if donations to athletic departments have been suppressed since the arrival of NIL collectives. Looks like that has not been the case. Donations, overall, are way up. Texas got an eye-popping $74.9 million from their donors. Virginia had been averaging in the mid 20’s in recent years but they jumped to $62 million last year. Are they building a new facility or are they just getting very serious about the athletic department? Many of the richest programs get more cash from their donors than they get from their media partners.
The Stanford billion dollar “athletics endowment” got much attention recently. I discovered in the Sportico database that many public schools also benefit from similar endowments. Leading the way… none other than Georgia Tech, receiving over $21 million dollars last year from their endowment. In second place we find Cal, at a respectable $11.5 million, followed by Alabama, Penn State, Michigan, Virginia, and Illinois.
These athletics departments have a wide range of revenue sources. But we tend to focus on the media money because it carries bragging rights among the conferences. When I try to predict which programs will succeed in the new world of NIL and salaried players, I tend to rule out the ones that require a big subsidy from the institution just to cover their expenses. In the future, if a percentage of media payouts will to be dedicated to player salaries, that subsidy will be an even higher hurdle to climb.
Link:
Sportrico database
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HokieZig
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Total cumulative "Donations/Contributions" 2005-22; Per USAToday/Knight Commission
(In Millions $; Public schools only):
1 Oregon $969 Million
2 Texas A & M $849
3 Texas $766
4 Florida $763
5 Georgia $716
6 Oklahoma St $670
7 LSU $618
8 Oklahoma $597
9 Auburn $580
10 Florida State $540
11 Ohio State $536
12 Alabama $528
13 Virginia $516
14 Tennessee $500
15 Michigan $493
16 Iowa $477
17 Clemson $476
18 South Carolina $466
19 Kansas $459
20 Louisville $450
21 Michigan St $439
22 Washington $402
23 Texas Tech $396
24 Wisconsin $389
25 Penn State $386
26 Illinois $373
27 West Virginia $354
28 Indiana $351
29 Arizona $346
30 North Carolina $344
31 Mizzou $344
32 Arkansas $324
33 Kansas St $324
34 Va Tech $319
35 Ole Miss $310
36 Kentucky $302
37 Purdue $289
38 Cal $283
39 Mississippi St $273
40 Arizona St $265
41 Iowa St $249
42 Nebraska $236
43 UCLA $233
44 Georgia Tech $220
45 NC State $216
46 Colorado $208
47 Oregon St $201
48 Minnesota $199
49 Maryland $194
50 Memphis $170
51 Utah $159
52 Wash St $146
53 Boise St $140
54 Rutgers $136
55 UConn $134
56 ECU $134
57 SDSU $132
58 UCF $128
59 UNLV $127
60 Fresno St $117
61 Cincinnati $115
62 New Mexico $113
63 Nevada $97
64 Wyoming $93
65 Houston $91
66 Hawaii $89
67 Old Dominion $84
68 Colorado St $83
69 Charlotte $78
70 Southern Miss $70
71 Louisiana (Lafayette) $69
72 UAB $69
73 Marshall $68
74 LaTech $68
75 Arkansas State $64
76 South Florida $63
77 Toledo $58
78 UTEP $58
79 App State $56
80 Utah State $56
81 FAU $52
82 San Jose State $44
83 Texas State $43
84 Bowling Green $42
85 North Texas $41
86 WKU $41
87 Ohio $35
88 Troy $34
89 Miami (OH) $33
90 Air Force $32
91 UTSA $32
92 Georgia So $31
93 NMSU $31
94 MTSU $30
95 CMU $29
96 UMass $28
97 NIU $28
98 Akron $25
99 Georgia State $24
100 WMU $24
101 Ball State $23
102 Coastal Carolina $21
103 LA-Monroe $20
104 FIU $19
105 Buffalo $17
106 South Alabama $17
107 Kent State $12
108 EMU $12
Observations from Jeff Fuller - @jjfuller72:
-Oregon and OkSt stand out and are clearly so high because of their mega-whale donors Phil Knight and T. Boone Pickens
-All SEC schools are within the top 40 (which actually represts a "top 50-ish" ranking when factoring in Private schools which would be in the top 45, like Notre Dame, USC, Stanford, Duke, Miami, Northwestern, TCU... and prossibly even Baylor, Vandy and BYU)
-Current Big Ten doesn't have a single school in the top 10 despite having blue bloods OSU/Mich
-All basketball blue bloods are within the top 40, led by Kansas at 19th
Link:
Athletic Booster
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Two years ago Oregon raised $270 million for construction of a Track and Field facility. In 2015 through 2018, Texas A&M raised $485 million for renovation of Kyle Field. There was also an on-going cost to students as a $36 dollar increase of student fees.
Sportico showed only five years data, but the programs who appeared to attract consistently high donations included Texas, Georgia, LSU, Ohio St, Clemson and FSU. Some others, like UVa and VT were consistently in the next tier, and thus impressive.
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** Edited by HokieJamie at 8/31/2023, 6:48:06 AM
Link:
Buildings
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HOO86
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I don't know how that number breaks down, but it could be from the capital campaign.
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