UK financial issues

[Cusefan0307]

Ruh roh. Even the SEC is stretched.

 

[Briancuse]

 

[pearl31]

Well. UK is not part of the rarified Football-Is-King echelon. Highly doubt there's any such concerns at Alabama, LSU, etc

 

[HtownOrange]

Ruh roh. Even the SEC is stretched.

Who woULd hAVe EvEr haVe tHoUGHt thaT eXPenseS MusT Not exCeEd RevEnUE? IT's nOT LiKE tHIs CaN bE leARneD iN sChOOl oR FroM A booK!

Pseudo geniuses running athletics departments! They should have to pay back in threefold what they received in salary and other compensation in retribution for their stupidity.

 

[sufandu]

Well. UK is not part of the rarified Football-Is-King echelon. Highly doubt there's any such concerns at Alabama, LSU, etc

That doesn't change their TV money. They still benefit from SEC money.

 

[Melancer46]

Well if you believe the reports, they were spending like twice as much on their basketball team as the next closest team in the country so I can see why maybe they don't think they can keep their spending up lol

 

[HtownOrange]

That doesn't change their TV money. They still benefit from SEC money.

...and corruption... Let 's be honest, the SEC has been leaders in the money bag game for decades.

 

[SU in Hershey]

The UK hasn’t been the same since the height of their Imperial reign under King John (Calipari).

 

[orangemass]

UK can increase revenue by raising the price of fish and chips

 

[rhcuse]

Dang it, now I’m hungry for fish and chips.

 

[pearl31]

That doesn't change their TV money. They still benefit from SEC money.

Well sure, and that obviously is where b1g/sec have the leg up on everyone, but kentucky/missouri/SC aren't in the same stratosphere as georgia/lsu/alabama

 

[upperdeck]

The one food place my wife likes to go in vegas is Gordan Ramseys fish and chips by the Linq

 

[sufandu]

This just shows how crazy things are. Somehow lower divisions run ADs. Somehow varsity sports existed 50 years ago with much less revenue.

 

[Dcuse]

Well if you believe the reports, they were spending like twice as much on their basketball team as the next closest team in the country so I can see why maybe they don't think they can keep their spending up lol

They can only spend the max. How can they be spending twice as much on the team?

 

[sufandu]

Well sure, and that obviously is where b1g/sec have the leg up on everyone, but kentucky/missouri/SC aren't in the same stratosphere as georgia/lsu/alabama

But the latter three aren't the median for what's needed to run an AD in the black. I don't think being 16th in the country should be all that bad. These numbers are from 2024, but it shouldn't be that different for 2025.

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[sufandu]

Well if you believe the reports, they were spending like twice as much on their basketball team as the next closest team in the country so I can see why maybe they don't think they can keep their spending up lol

Anything over the allowed 20 million wouldn't be coming from the AD.

 

[JDubbin]

Brexit

 

[HoustonCuse]

Well if you believe the reports, they were spending like twice as much on their basketball team as the next closest team in the country so I can see why maybe they don't think they can keep their spending up lol

And we have a more recent Final Four than they do. Maybe they should hire Autry?