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ESPN's B10 Blog linked to a Cedar Rapids Gazette blog post on football revenues, expenses, and recruiting budgets for all the Big Ten teams (as well as some other programs from across the nation for a wider comparison) in the 2008 fiscal year. Here's the link: http://scottdo.wordpress.com/2009/0...mparisons-with-iowa-state-notre-dame-big-ten/
The blog post lists the dollar amounts but doesn't actually rank the schools from 1-11 in all 3 categories...so I did.
Revenue:
1) Ohio State $65,162,179
2) Michigan $57,463,603
3) Penn State $53,766,038
4) Michigan State $43,826,312
5) Iowa $37,998,729
6) Wisconsin $37,733,698
7) Illinois $25,370,427
8) Minnesota $24,275,876
9) Indiana $21,774,074
10) Purdue $21,641,794
11) Northwestern $21,080,405
Expenses:
1) Ohio State $33,063,248
2) Iowa $26,166,182
3) Wisconsin $22,979,031
4) Michigan State $17,910,444
5) Michigan $16,785,667
6) Penn State $16,537,705
7) Purdue $14,501,436
8) Indiana $12,493,144
9) Illinois $12,210,666
10) Northwestern $12,113,946
11) Minnesota $9,306,397
Recruiting Budget:
1) Michigan $929,383
2) Minnesota $866,117
3) Illinois $862,681
4) Purdue $810,016
5) Ohio State $794,284
6) Michigan State $744,715
7) Iowa $637,685
8) Indiana $633,002
9) Penn State $534,741
10) Wisconsin $452,958
11) Northwestern $482,588
Things I found interesting for:
Recruiting
- Brewster really is serious about recruiting w/ the 2nd largest budget in the B10. I'm betting the national scope of the search (especially to Texas/FL) really adds to the costs.
- The top 3 recruiting budgets are for the 3 coaches who are probably known primarily as recruiters.
- I'm wondering why Purdue's recruiting budget is so high. My guess? They recruit FL pretty hard. Mnboiler, care to share your 2 cents?
- PSU sure gets their $$$ worth on the recruiting front.
- I'm sure how wide a net each team casts for recruits impacts this expense a great deal. I'm too tired to hunt through the SI.com and WizofOdds.com resources to give details. Someone else want to give it a shot?
Revenue
- There is a pretty sizable gap in revenue between us and Wisky/Iowa. I wonder how much TCF will improve this. I'm guessing quite a bit since we did not see any suite/ad revenue at the Dome (and only a % of the concessions if I'm not mistaken).
- The 3 biggest stadiums vault OSU, Mich, and PSU into a class by themselves when it comes to revenue.
- I was surprised to see MSU pull 43 mil in revenue. Somehow I would have thought they were closer to Wisky, especially since Camp Randall seats more (6 mil extra is nothing to sneeze at). Wonder why that is? Cost of tickets? Suite revenues?
Expenses
- We are last in expenses and I can't decide if that is a good or bad thing. Probably a bit of both. Anyone care to wager why this is?
- I wonder why Iowa/Wisky's expenses are so high? Sure cuts into those revenues!
What does everyone else think when they see these $$$ figures?
Also, I tried to format the $$$ amounts into nice columns. It looks good in the post typing window but not so hot when I actually submit the post. If anyone has a suggestion on how to fix this let me know and I'll edit the post. I know there is info on the site somewhere but again, I'm too tired to look right now.
The blog post lists the dollar amounts but doesn't actually rank the schools from 1-11 in all 3 categories...so I did.
Revenue:
1) Ohio State $65,162,179
2) Michigan $57,463,603
3) Penn State $53,766,038
4) Michigan State $43,826,312
5) Iowa $37,998,729
6) Wisconsin $37,733,698
7) Illinois $25,370,427
8) Minnesota $24,275,876
9) Indiana $21,774,074
10) Purdue $21,641,794
11) Northwestern $21,080,405
Expenses:
1) Ohio State $33,063,248
2) Iowa $26,166,182
3) Wisconsin $22,979,031
4) Michigan State $17,910,444
5) Michigan $16,785,667
6) Penn State $16,537,705
7) Purdue $14,501,436
8) Indiana $12,493,144
9) Illinois $12,210,666
10) Northwestern $12,113,946
11) Minnesota $9,306,397
Recruiting Budget:
1) Michigan $929,383
2) Minnesota $866,117
3) Illinois $862,681
4) Purdue $810,016
5) Ohio State $794,284
6) Michigan State $744,715
7) Iowa $637,685
8) Indiana $633,002
9) Penn State $534,741
10) Wisconsin $452,958
11) Northwestern $482,588
Things I found interesting for:
Recruiting
- Brewster really is serious about recruiting w/ the 2nd largest budget in the B10. I'm betting the national scope of the search (especially to Texas/FL) really adds to the costs.
- The top 3 recruiting budgets are for the 3 coaches who are probably known primarily as recruiters.
- I'm wondering why Purdue's recruiting budget is so high. My guess? They recruit FL pretty hard. Mnboiler, care to share your 2 cents?
- PSU sure gets their $$$ worth on the recruiting front.
- I'm sure how wide a net each team casts for recruits impacts this expense a great deal. I'm too tired to hunt through the SI.com and WizofOdds.com resources to give details. Someone else want to give it a shot?
Revenue
- There is a pretty sizable gap in revenue between us and Wisky/Iowa. I wonder how much TCF will improve this. I'm guessing quite a bit since we did not see any suite/ad revenue at the Dome (and only a % of the concessions if I'm not mistaken).
- The 3 biggest stadiums vault OSU, Mich, and PSU into a class by themselves when it comes to revenue.
- I was surprised to see MSU pull 43 mil in revenue. Somehow I would have thought they were closer to Wisky, especially since Camp Randall seats more (6 mil extra is nothing to sneeze at). Wonder why that is? Cost of tickets? Suite revenues?
Expenses
- We are last in expenses and I can't decide if that is a good or bad thing. Probably a bit of both. Anyone care to wager why this is?
- I wonder why Iowa/Wisky's expenses are so high? Sure cuts into those revenues!
What does everyone else think when they see these $$$ figures?
Also, I tried to format the $$$ amounts into nice columns. It looks good in the post typing window but not so hot when I actually submit the post. If anyone has a suggestion on how to fix this let me know and I'll edit the post. I know there is info on the site somewhere but again, I'm too tired to look right now.