(02-08-2018 09:15 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-08-2018 03:52 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-07-2018 05:04 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-07-2018 03:17 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  The top seven schools for profits
Georgia, Alabama, Notre Dame, Texas, Auburn, Washington and Syracuse.

Some of the numbers look weird. E.g., they have FSU at $144 million. That's top-level SEC territory. To my knowledge, FSU has never had revenue of more than about $115m in a year.

A report from June, 2017 says their 2016-2017 revenue was $113.7m:

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/...455520001/

All it takes is a big donation. 3 years ago Oregon was the leader with something like 180 million. Last year it was Texas A&M at 194 million (including stadium renovation donations). This year Texas knocked it out of the park.

But for the most part the averages stayed about equal distance from one another year over year.

The PAC gained 2 million on the SEC and Big 10 and 3 million over the Big 12 and ACC as their average payout per school rose from 89 million to 97 million. The ACC and Big 12 both gained 5 million over last year roughly. The ACC went from 87 million to 92 and the Big 12 went from 102 million to 107 million. The Big 10 and the SEC each earned 6 million more in this report and gained 1 million on the Big 12 and ACC while losing 2 million in advantage over the PAC. The Big 10 rose to 115 million and the SEC to 127 million per school payout.

FWIW, I don't believe for a minute that FSU generated $144m in athletic revenue. Neither they nor any other ACC team has ever come within $30m of that.

I'd need more evidence to believe that.

All you have to do is use the link and look it up. But it just takes one 20 million dollar donation to put them there. They earned 123 million last year.