Tag: Mid-American
Is Temple Moving to the Big East?
Recently, the New York Times broke a story that Temple University officials were discussing a conference move to the Big East. In the midst of the conference realignment landscape, Temple’s […]
Conference Recruitment Expense Series: Mid-American Conference
Next up in BusinessofCollegeSports.com’s Conference Recruitment Expense Series is the Mid-American Conference. Yesterday, recruitment expense data from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12 and Conference USA was posted. Today, […]
Mid-American Conference Financials ’10-’11
The next conference we’re looking at is the MAC. The ACC, Big XII, Big East, C-USA and Big Ten have been previously posted. The chart is sorted by ’10-11 profits for each football and basketball […]
How Conference Realignment Could Impact the BCS
The Big 12 has been in danger of extinction for more than a year, and now the Big East has been added to the Most Endangered list with strong rumors […]
Which Is More Important: Booster Contributions or NCAA and Conference Distributions?
It’s a “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” type question – which propels a school to success: booster support or a top revenue generating conference? Obviously both are important, but which do top-ranked […]
BCS Payouts vs. March Madness Payouts
Quite frequently in the debate over the BCS there are comparisons to March Madness. Proponents of moving to a playoff system point to the approximately $771 million a year (beginning in […]
Why Isn’t Return of Bowl/TV Money a Penalty for NCAA Infractions?
UPDATE: Based on the massive amounts of tweets and emails I have received since posting this, some clarification is in order. Many believe you all (my valued readers) are not […]
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 […]
How Much of a Drain are “Other Sports”
Last week we looked at the Top 25 recipients of student activity fees. As I researched, I was looking for a correlation between those who rely on student fees and football profit. […]
How Does the Mid-American Conference Stack Up Financially?
After writing about the football finances of the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-10, Big 12, and Big East, it’s time to turn to the non-AQ conferences. I showed you Conference USA earlier […]