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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 400402, member: 636"] I decided to focus on our move to the ACC next year and wondered what our most recent expenses/revenues were in comparison with current ACC members (and Pitt) to see how much more $$$ we might be investing in athletics (particularly football). After reviewing the numbers for 2011-12 over on the Equity in Athletics site, I am left scratching my head. Now, I know the numbers are usually fudged somewhat, but then most institutions fudge a little, especially the "break-even" numbers. Usually when a profit is shown, it is probably close to being legit. Anyway, as a result of my research this is what the numbers (such as they are) say: Last year, we supposedly spent more on football than most of the ACC members, except for Miami and FSU. [U][B]Football Expenses:[/B][/U] Miami - 24.4 million FSU - 22 million SU - 21.7 million VT - 20 million Pitt - 19.8 million (odd that the two newbies are spending more on football already, isn't it?) In terms of overall football revenue, we ranked 4th, behind VT, FSU, and Clemson. [U][B]Football Revenue[/B][/U]: VT - 35 million FSU - 34.4 million Clemson - 31.7 million SU - 28.6 million UNC - 26.3 million Miami - 26.2 million In terms of net football revenue (which may be more telling), we ranked 7th and then there is a big drop-off to 8th placed Pitt: [U][B]Net Football Revenue[/B][/U]: VT - 15 million Clemson - 13.7 million FSU - 12.4 million UNC - 11.3 million NC State - 10.5 million GT - 7 million SU - 6.95 million Pitt - 2.2 million In terms of overall athletic expenses, we ranked 4th in spending: [U][B]Overall Expenses[/B][/U]: FSU - 81.4 million UVa - 72.4 million UNC - 70.7 million SU - 69.1 million Duke - 67.4 million In terms of overall revenues, we ranked 3rd: [U][B]Overall Revenues[/B][/U]: FSU - 81.4 million (which matched their expenses, usually means a slight fudge) UVa - 78.4 million SU - 73.2 million UNC - 71.3 million Duke - 67.9 million And lastly in terms of net revenues we ranked 3rd again: [U][B]Overall Net Revenues[/B][/U]: UVa - 6 million VT - 4.3 million SU - 4.1 million Miami - 2.7 million UNC - 660K Again, both expenses and revenues seem much higher than I ever recall seeing them in the past. Is there something I missed that made last year's figures so much better than previous years? Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]

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