What Public Texas Colleges Spend and Make on Athletics -- Texas Tribune

[Eagle1855]

Pretty interesting interactive app. Scroll to the bottom for the rankings, click a school for detailed breakdown. 

Ballpark Figures

[EagleMBA]

That is one of the best analyses I have ever seen! Whomever is being paid to "manage" or "promote" should be canned...oh, wait, we have been calling for this for a while now. This is manifest mismanagement and incompetence on display. JMHO.

[GrandGreen]

Interesting at NT, where no one cares; how much money is spend. 

[GangGreen]

Anyone wanna predict a lock in this thread's future?

[Aldo]

You gotta spend money to m- scratch that

You gotta be P5 to make money.

[UNT90]

You have to have effective athletic leadership. UNT doesn't. 

[EagleMBA]

30 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Interesting at NT, where no one cares; how much money is spend. 

Even more interesting is the apparent lack of attention to taking the actions necessary to raise the revenue side of the equation. I have to make the assumption that even the most incompetent manager would attempt to control unnecessary spending. JMO.

[greenminer]

I would like to know what kind of revenue we were generating from ticket sales when winning for 3+ years, like during the latter half of our NO Bowl run, and during JJ's last years.

[UNT90]

17 minutes ago, Eagle1855 said:

I'd argue that UH does in fact have effective leadership, yet still... 

And my response would be to look at their endowment. Athletics affects giving in all areas of a university.

[untjim1995]

So this list not including the private schools makes it look better than it really is.

[UNT15]

Didn't realize that Vito had written a story without giving you due credit, Eagle 1855. This belongs here instead of his thread...

 

University	Fees per student, per semester	Total fees collected by university
TXST	$300 athletics fee	$17,315,569
UTSA	$240 athletics fee	$12,032,206
UNT	$165 athletics fee	$10,724,272
UH	$250 student services fee	$7,260,060
UTEP	$180 student services fee	$5,935,317
TTU	$57.20 athletics fee	$3,237,896
TAMU	$0	$0
UT	$0	$0

 

Edit: Athletics fees are devoted entirely to supporting sports teams and athletic department administration. Student service fees go toward various activities designed to improve campus life. Those activities can include athletics, but can also include student government, student newspapers, intramurals and more.