2012 NCAA Athletic Revenues are out...

[57stratdawg]

We check in at number 38.

SEC (nationally ranked):

4. Alabama
5. Florida
6. A&M
7. LSU
10. Auburn
12. Tennessee
14. Arkansas
18. Georgia
19. Kentucky (surprised me)
21. South Car
38. MSU
51. OM
52. Missouri

Vandy isn't listed. I'm guess it has something to do with them being a private school.

Other notables:
1. Texas
16. Oregon
20. Louisville
22. Ok State
37. Clemson
54. Memphis
79. UAB
105. USM
121. La Tech
125. ULL

Smash it

 

[RobbieRandolph]

That's total revenue rankings. Not Football-only.

ETA: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/schools/finances/

 

[SkullCandy.sixpack]

Ahh--that explains Kentucky. That had me head scratching, too.

 

[57stratdawg]

ETA: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/schools/finances/

Ahh--that explains Kentucky. That had me head scratching, too.

Thanks. Mine too.

 

[gtowndawg]

I'm surprised we're that far ahead of Ole Miss...

I'd like to know why.

Also, Vandy doesn't have an Athletic Department. I bet that has something to do with it.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

For some stupid reason we don't include UMAA $$$. I think with those we're pretty close to each other.

 

[gtowndawg]

And to be fair, I only looked at the spots in the ranking....

the difference in those spots might not be much money. Either way, we have to be close. Which as I always say, if Ole Miss would just be open to the idea of being taken over by State, think of what we could do.

edit: I take that back, it is a pretty big difference isn't it?

For some stupid reason we don't include UMAA $$$. I think with those we're pretty close to each other.

 

[MedDawg]

From that and this 2012 article on growth of athletic expenses (budget)...

State's athletic budget/expenses have grown from $25.8 million in 2006 and $27.5 million in 2007 to $67.9 million in 2012.

http://www.mrsec.com/2012/05/examining-the-secs-budgets-over-a-six-year-span/

Rank	School	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	Total Expenses 06-11
1	Florida	107,157,831	105,824,376	102,082,778	98,775,583	92,630,682	78,665,774	585,137,024
2	Tennessee	97,580,406	111,670,619	105,972,740	100,507,146	94,445,270	70,565,159	580,741,340
3	Alabama	105,068,152	98,961,214	90,868,971	123,370,004	77,106,548	60,636,961	556,011,850
4	LSU	91,796,925	102,326,769	94,451,691	81,150,829	73,232,219	65,215,990	508,174,423
5	Auburn	100,497,784	90,908,902	85,480,343	69,841,200	68,910,465	63,249,119	478,887,813
6	Texas A&M	78,310,805	75,941,926	77,812,183	77,426,317	70,377,179	61,459,536	441,327,946
7	Georgia	80,759,498	77,250,831	78,573,518	71,993,533	64,153,697	62,228,597	434,959,674
8	Kentucky	82,840,006	79,002,986	68,628,681	71,079,982	61,075,726	57,551,345	420,178,726
9	S. Carolina	80,525,711	78,295,030	75,597,812	64,516,437	57,167,414	53,098,347	409,200,751
10	Arkansas	79,392,988	71,801,905	64,609,733	64,632,499	62,169,914	48,736,994	391,344,033
11	Missouri	64,160,358	61,766,109	58,604,216	51,779,677	57,211,839	56,057,181	349,579,380
12	Ole Miss	47,109,301	45,737,904	41,290,128	34,769,709	33,782,527	29,412,948	232,102,517
13	Miss. State	51,588,743	36,265,186	36,703,582	30,432,972	27,542,758	25,796,264	208,329,505

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[engie]

Nice numbers MedDawg...

Have posted this elsewhere, but I suspect that we aren't really all that close to our ceiling overall. The stadium should bring in an extra $10 mil or so itself IF they don't go up even more on prices. Plus, how does network revenue factor into these numbers?

We could conceivably find ourselves knocking on the door of the top 25 in the near future...

 

[57stratdawg]

Which is why the guy everyone should really be pissed at for MSU's lack of development from say 1995-2005 is... Larry Templeton. Hiring Greg Byrne was one of the most needed events in our school's history. Seems strange, but it's true.

We restructured the Bulldog Club and tied down the Leifield Sports deal. I would be interested to see what % of our roughly $40MM revenue growth is attributed to those two single events.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

You know... I'm going to be a bit of a contrarian here. I don't know if Greg Byrne was (and is) all that. I do like Scott Stricklin and like what he's done. With that said, I wish though he'd done something vis-a-vis using the MSU turf for the expansion. He's creative enough to get something done-- I just can't help but think that the athletics department dropped the ball there.

Edit to add: I don't mean to say that Byrne was bad-- just that he was liked because he wasn't LT and did some popular things (firing Croom, not hiring the Polk-anointed choice).