The financial details of College Athletics

[Jens1893]

Expenses	Scholarships	Coaching Salaries	Recruiting	Travel	Guarantees	Staff compensation	Game Expenses	Faculty/Admin support	Total
	3,114,861	3,362,783	438,289	693,654	1,860,000	1,242,260	1,988,146	1,102,065	12,558,502
Revenue	Ticket Sales	Contributions	Sponsorships	Endowment	Conference Distribution	Other	Total
	12,394,126	4,827,284	720,000	261,330	6,433,762	1,557,827	26,233,929

Colorado

To put it in perspective, here are the numbers for some other schools

Alabama

Expenses	Scholarships	Coaching Salaries	Recruiting	Severance	Travels	Marketing	Medical Insurance	Staff compensation	Guarantees	Game expenses	Faculty/admin support	Other	Total
	3,041,356	9,613,865	870,438	595,800	2,929,842	1,980,828	1,170,642	2,127,308	1,650,000	1,962,918	2,156,244	3,813,391	32,078,815
Revenue	Ticket Sales	Contributions	3rd party	TV/Radio	Sponsorship	Conference Distribution	Other	Total
	27,683,402	14,323,804	960,681	5,622,458	2,495,000	15,871,330	5,828,533	72,845,206

Texas

Expenses	Schollies	Coaching Salaries	Recruiting	Travel	Cheer	Guarantees	Staff compensation	Game Expenses	Faculty/admin support	Other 903,756	Total
	3,057,790	10,172,734	329,736	2,437,073	925,990	1,450,000	1,160,266	2,839,709	330,066		903,756
Revenue	Ticket Sales	Contributions	TV/Radio	Sponsorships	Endowment	Conference Distribution	Other	Total
	33,120,167	30,148,519	330,535	16,408,498	618,317	10,139,135	3,177,645	93,942,815

Ohio State

Expenses	Scholarships	Coaching Salaries	Recruiting	Guarantees	Staff/admin compensation	Game Expenses	Faculty/admin support	Other	Total
	21,188,180	6,086,962	297,342	6,848,041	753,393	2,686,748	17,029,628	779,677	37,978,930
Revenue	Ticket Sales	TV/Radio	Conference Distribution	Other	Total
	34,106,228	1,351,224	13,905,770	6,618,375	56,133,807

Washington

Expenses	Scholarships	Coaching Salaries	Recruiting	Travel	Marketing Promotions	Medical Insurance	Guarantees	Staff/admin compensation	Game Expenses	Faculty/admin support	Other	Total
	2,399,391	4,384,877	313,631	848,766	419,958	338,370	2,990,797	717,607	3,128,245	544,197	2,457,306	19,207,560
Revenue	Ticket Sales	Contributions	TV/Radio	Sponsorship	Endowment	conference Distribution	Other	Total
	17,388,864	6,383,399	1,083,177	783,800	373,856	5,702,513	2,204,030	33,919,639

Numbers for all schools can be found here

 

[Buffnik]

Crazy that we're paying more for scholarships despite having the minimum number of varsity sports. Our AD gets raped by the university.

 

[Buffsoldier]

We're substantially less than Ohio St. vis-a-vis the scholarship payout. But to delve deeper into that point you brought up, I wonder what the breakdown of in state/out of state students is for all those schools mentioned. Probably makes the perspective a little clearer.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

UConn and Rutgers are losing money with their athletics. Ouch. Oregon is barely making a profit; sounds fishy.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

Alabama spent more on coaches salaries than WSU spent on their entire dept.

 

[Lt.Col.FrankSlade]

I am not sure those numbers are correct.

Colorado has an athletic department budget of much more than $12 million.


EDIT -- My mistake -- I think these numbers are only for FOOTBALL

 

[Crash Davis]

Are you sure this is all sports or just football? Numbers look like just football, to me.

 

[Lt.Col.FrankSlade]

Are you sure this is all sports or just football? Numbers look like just football, to me.

Yes - I believe those numbers are only for football expenses and football revenue.

Colorado, for example, has a total athletic department budget of more than $35 million.

 

[buffaholic]

Just football. CU numbers show a profit, which when you add in the non-revenue sports, wipes that out.