Month: June 2011
Michigan’s 2011-2012 Budget: Facilities
I’ve shown you snippets of budgets from Georgia, Louisville and Ohio State. Today I’ve got Michigan’s 2011-2012 budget, and I want to focus on what athletic departments spend on facilities […]
So You Want to Work in Sports?
By far, the number one thing I’m asked by email and on Twitter is how I got to where I am. So, I thought I’d tell my story, and also […]
Using Student Fees to Support Athletic Department Budget
Today over on USA Today they’ve got a piece on schools who use student fees and other institutional support to round out the athletic department budget. The piece focuses on […]
Impermissible Benefits: Focus Should Be On Pros, Not NCAA
When historians look back on college football today they’ll likely dub it the “Age of Impermissible Benefits”. It seems like every day there’s a new story about an athlete who […]
Are African Americans Underrepresented in College Baseball?
If you’ve read this site for a while, you may have seen my post about a young man named Mendez Elder who plays in the inner-city baseball league I’m involved with. […]
Does American Needle Apply to Collegiate Licensing?
Last year one of the biggest legal decisions in sports was made in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League. (You can read about the decision in these two pieces […]
Naming Rights on College Stadiums and Arenas
For awhile now I’ve been compiling data on universities that sell the naming rights to their facilities. Today, Rutgers announced a new deal worth $6.5 million over the next 10 […]
What’s Unique about Louisville’s Athletic Budget?
Those who have read my work or followed me on Twitter for any appreciable amount of time know that I’m a huge fan of the University of Louisville’s athletic department […]
Which Football and Basketball Programs Produce the Largest Profits?
UPDATE: Top 100 programs for ’10-’11 available here: 1-50, 51-100 (updated 12/29/11) I’ve told you before that Louisville basketball is the 21st most profitable program in college athletics. I’ve shown […]
Self-Sustaining Athletic Departments: More Than What Meets the Eye
Yesterday the list of self-sustaining athletic departments came out. The good news is the number grew to eight more schools than last year. The bad news is the number is […]