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Awesome moment for Tasmania and Drmic going up 2-1 in the best of 5
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5 year cumulative Grand Total Athletics Revenue (per EADA 2017-21 filings):
1-10
Ohio State $ 1,025,965,761
Texas $ 998,714,585
Georgia $ 902,151,502
Alabama $ 887,756,096
Michigan $ 858,867,399
Oklahoma $ 834,334,929
Notre Dame $ 828,704,475
Florida State $ 778,980,672
LSU $ 776,968,241
Texas A & M $ 762,959,255
11-20
Auburn $ 756,704,672
Florida $ 742,555,889
South Carolina $ 697,446,785
Tennessee $ 697,069,189
Stanford $ 695,234,407
Wisconsin $ 686,817,803
Arkansas $ 683,713,363
Louisville $ 678,990,215
Kentucky $ 673,750,993
USC $ 673,433,509
21-30
Iowa $ 667,677,765
Washington $ 630,902,627
Nebraska $ 629,486,644
Indiana $ 624,248,009
UCLA $ 618,926,907
Kansas $ 617,419,361
Clemson $ 607,111,632
Duke $ 592,026,155
TCU $ 591,784,280
Michigan State $ 583,357,213
31-40
Miami $ 578,271,901
Minnesota $ 577,387,856
Virginia $ 553,606,410
ASU $ 535,710,427
North Carolina $ 531,646,734
Ole Miss $ 531,110,120
Oregon $ 522,793,493
Baylor $ 514,116,323
Pitt $ 513,266,727
Northwestern $ 511,842,186
41-50
Arizona $ 505,516,137
Purdue $ 505,483,503
Mississippi State $ 504,870,084
Illinois $ 502,573,956
Cal $ 500,309,529
Maryland $ 495,594,455
Mizzou $ 479,560,721
Rutgers $ 472,705,032
Vanderbilt $ 467,496,199
VaTech $ 462,523,766
51-60
Syracuse $ 461,845,590
West Virginia $ 454,836,104
NC State $ 449,225,859
Colorado $ 444,362,212
Oklahoma State $ 442,954,142
Kansas State $ 438,867,824
Utah $ 435,026,866
Texas Tech $ 429,997,894
Boston College $ 424,628,198
Georgia Tech $ 410,028,973
61-70
Wake Forest $ 407,820,884
Oregon State $ 404,032,335
Iowa State $ 391,059,598
BYU $ 387,331,409
UConn $ 385,225,566
Washington State $ 357,397,958
SMU $ 348,921,167
Houston $ 336,036,347
UCF $ 331,652,630
Temple $ 299,292,533
71-80
South Florida $ 288,609,083
SDSU $ 284,656,283
Colorado State $ 276,259,471
Memphis $ 276,200,246
Cincinnati $ 262,669,727
Liberty $ 248,588,470
East Carolina $ 240,214,763
Fresno State $ 234,159,420
Hawaii $ 217,768,144
UNLV $ 214,871,135
81-90
North Texas $ 210,206,650
Old Dominion $ 208,875,160
Rice $ 207,078,952
Tulsa $ 205,890,931
Nevada $ 204,568,041
Boise State $ 202,625,424
New Mexico $ 198,443,973
Wyoming $ 196,690,465
UMass $ 195,060,049
Utah State $ 192,041,685
91-100
UAB $ 182,894,917
Georgia State $ 182,401,334
Miami (Ohio) $ 181,573,470
Tulane $ 181,417,312
FIU $ 175,186,644
Texas State $ 173,940,837
Charlotte $ 172,450,742
San Jose State $ 170,478,867
Louisiana-Lafayette $ 170,159,765
Middle Tennessee State $ 164,566,631
101-110
Marshall $ 162,098,908
Central Michigan $ 161,131,467
UTSA $ 158,231,330
Buffalo $ 158,067,539
Coastal Carolina $ 157,280,095
Western Michigan $ 156,554,197
FAU $ 154,161,079
Toledo $ 153,926,069
UTEP $ 148,441,246
Akron $ 148,023,143
111-120
Troy $ 145,090,585
App State $ 144,902,059
Eastern Michigan $ 144,604,120
Kent State $ 138,293,064
Ball State $ 135,649,811
New Mexico State $ 135,164,318
Ohio $ 133,104,508
Western Kentucky $ 131,544,180
Georgia Southern $ 128,260,185
South Alabama $ 124,573,068
121-126
Bowling Green $ 121,578,038
Southern Miss $ 116,204,661
LA Tech $ 114,244,016
Northern Illinois $ 111,523,522
Arkansas State $ 98,071,325
Louisiana-Monroe $ 79,949,672
(Penn St data incomplete but they had $325,137,329 over just 2020 and 2021 filings... would project them within the 8-12 range nationally)
Bottom Ten P5 schools:
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
Utah
Texas Tech
Boston College
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest
Oregon State
Iowa State
Washington State
Top Twelve non-P5 schools:
BYU
UConn
SMU
Houston
UCF
Temple
South Florida
SDSU
Colorado State
Memphis
Cincinnati
Liberty
Observations/Disclaimers:
-Stanford at 15th and #1 in the Pac-12 stands out. Have to think this is largely based on wealthy donors & interest accrued from their rumored $1 Billion athletic endowment
-P5 money advantage is massive; barely any cross-over between those in the P5 conferences and all those that aren't/weren't
-SEC will have 10 of the top 14 revenue schools starting in 2024 (and 12 of the top 19)
-Many athletic depts (especially lower tier P5 and all G5s) are heavily subsidized by direct institutional support and/or student fees. While EADA filings do not detail this figure, the info is available for all public universities via USAToday, KnightCommission, or Sportico
-Not all schools report revenues from the same sources and so there are some inherent outliers
-Total revenue figures are not necessarily a direct surrogate for "brand strength" due to many of the reasons above
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Unless you're knee deep in state-by-state NIL laws, you likely missed that Missouri now allows high-school seniors to make money ... IF they pick an-in state school.
Lo and behold, Mizzou landed a 5-star this week.
That and more in this week's Mailbag.
theathletic.com/4779781/2023…
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PAC-4 + EXPANSION CANDIDATES
A few more charts comparing #Pac12 expansion candidates, should they choose to rebuild rather than move on:
Note that there are a LOT of great schools who would be wonderful, but also note how different it will be from the old @pac12 that fans have grown used to
Data notes for those who like to be ornery:
(Most can ignore) 😜
— Includes all MWC, AAC, G-5 flagships + AAUs, DoD SAs, + UCD
— TV viewership is only for games on ESPN or cable channels. OTA channel games are excluded, as in this pool they are uncommon, not representative, and distort averages. Limited to Nielsen-rated games only
— Academic rank is a 3-way average of the most respected ranks, force ranked among limited pool of FBS+AAU schools for consistency
— UCD is FCS, and not in FBS data, or on rated TV
— DoD SAs do not report financial data under EADA
— Wichita State does not play football, thus the zeroes, but is included as an AAC member
— Axis cuts are clearly noted when necessary for other clusters to be more easily readable on the chart
— Note this is 2022 football attendance avg. because so many folks didn't like the 2022 5-yr avg. on the chart the other day and whined about it. 😘
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Spoke with a #SMU booster today who tells me there is a group of donors willing to give SMU $200 Million over the next five seasons to compensate for the lack of distribution in the ACC. The donors believe SMU is in a now or never situation for entry in to a P5 conference.
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I’ve said, “what happens when the next iteration of this is ‘why are we sharing money with programs that don’t contribute as much and aren’t as attractive’”. The golden ticket a few hold now might disappear.
I wrote this 4 years ago, before all the recent major moves. All roads are clearly headed this way, it's just a matter of when/how many will be included.
Also: I could see it being more AFC/NFC with ESPN and Fox.
theathletic.com/1090554/2019…
