Is college athletics about education or financial profits?
Is college athletics about students or big business? It’s clearly the latter, Don Krieger writes…
Is college athletics about education or financial profits?
Is college athletics about students or big business? It’s clearly the latter, Don Krieger writes in @TDOnline, after unbeaten FSU was left out of the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles brought in $161 million in revenue last year.
Big Bucks, Big Recruits: NCAA lifts cap on football visits, spending stands to balloon
Football recruiting was already costly & NCAA rule changes could lead to even bigger spending. Using #KnightNewhouseData, @InvestigateTV found Power 5 public schools have spent more than $2.2 billion since 2004 on recruiting – with 40% going to football.
$146M in buyouts owed to fired Power 5 football coaches since ’22
Jimbo Fisher’s $76 million buyout makes Texas A&M responsible for more than half of the $146 million in total buyouts at Power Five schools since 2022, @pinepaula writes for @espn. #KnightNewhouseData show that’s $6 million less than Kansas’s ’22 revenue.
Inequity in College Sports Tweets: An investigative Data Analysis
Power Five schools promote men’s teams more on social media, @ESPN found. Using #KnightNewhouse data, @pinepaula & @UsernameShwe showed that when schools spend money for marketing specific teams, they usually spend more on the men.
Texas A&M and Texas University among colleges with most charitable boosters
Boosters for Texas and Texas A&M put them in the top three public FBS school, @SportsDayDFW reports using #KnightNewhouseData. Only Oregon surpassed those schools in contributions from 2005-22.
How Nebraska volleyball plans to pack Memorial Stadium
Nebraska volleyball plans to pack the school’s football stadium tonight. The excitement and interest is not new. @espn reporter @MerrillLiz uses #KnightNewhouseData to note the Huskers made more on ticket sales than any Power 5 women’s program in 2021-22.
Ohio State Ad Gene Smith to Hand Off NCAA’s Biggest Budget in 2024
As Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith looks to retirement next year, #KnightNewhouseData show the Buckeyes outpacing revenues for the median Big Ten school. @DanielLibit reports on Smith’s departure in @Sportico.
Pac-12′s downfall came after it could not adjust to changing media landscape
Though #KnightNewhouseData show the Pac-12’s share of revenue from media rights increased in the past decade, the inability to adapt to a “new world media order” contributed to the departure of five schools last week, @joereedy reports for @AP_Sports.
New data shows Tennessee’s surge into top financial tier of college athletics
An increase of about $48 million has pushed Tennessee into exclusive company in college sports, @joerexrode reports in @theathletic. #KnightNewhouseData show the $200 million club in FY22 included Ohio State, Texas, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia & the Vols.
Colleges Spend Like There’s No Tomorrow. ‘These Places Are Just Devouring Money.’
At flagship public universities, student fees and university subsidies for athletics totaled $632 million in 2022. That is part of an “unfettered spending spree,” @melissakorn, @anfuller & @ForsythJenn found in @wsj. #KnightNewhouseData
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