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RE: Confirmed: Compher Out at ECU
(03-16-2018 08:28 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote: (03-16-2018 08:20 AM)Chappy Wrote: "We start off about $17 million behind other teams in our conference on average in terms of athletic budget."
Is this true? Yikes!
I think he's referring to the average amount that the other public schools in the conference get from their states. We fund raise pretty well comparatively (when football is decent), but it's a large starting shortfall.
These are the most recent revenues (2016) from the U.S. Dept. of Ed.
ECU $45,751,164
Cincinnati $46,776,240
Houston $48,820,426
Memphis $48,443,154
SMU $57,193,821
Temple $52,394,437
Tulane $42,459,986
Tulsa $42,444,847
UCF $51,128,904
UConn $83,374,163
USF $49,960,339
WSU $26,192,382
Navy athletics said its policy is “to not release confidential data of this matter.”
Not counting Wichita State or Navy, ECU averages $6,548,468 less than these 10 schools. If you toss out UConn's huge $83 million, it's $3,095,742.
USA Today lists revenue for just these schools, a little differently:
UConn $79,229,275
UCF $59,379,453
Cincinnati $59,062,156
Houston $51,469,297
Memphis $50,027,341
USF $47,160,819
ECU $44,613,084
This would put ECU $13,108,306 behind these 6 schools. Only $8,806,729 behind not counting UConn.
As for state money, USA Today also lists allocated funds. These are, "The sum of student fees, direct and indirect institutional support and state money allocated to the athletics department, minus certain funds the department transferred back to the school."
UConn $35,270,821
UCF $26,838,366
Cincinnati $24,892,123
Houston $25,155,485
Memphis $18,364,385
USF $23,403,049
ECU $18,897,030
This puts ECU $6,757,008 behind the average.
I know there's a difference in revenue, expenses and budget, but I figure this is at least a guideline. I don't know where the $17 million figure comes from. The truth is out there.
With Hart coming in, Compher gone and hopefully a good basketball hire, it's time for Pirate supporters to go 100%. Even football. There's no need to protest or argue over Coach Mo, because if he doesn't produce this year I feel sure he will be gone the next. Support needs to start now.
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