USA Today’s annual comprehensive financial report of athletic department spending at public universities

[MSOrange]

No Syracuse mention as the title mentions this is just public universities. Big 10 and SEC dominate the top 20 as expected with FSU the only ACC team in the top 20

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[MaxwellCuse]

UCONN is still holding on inside the Top 50 at #49. But my God, look at the amount of money the AD relies upon from student fees and school support! $42 million per year -- more than half the athletics budget -- is just not sustainable. Can't see the taxpayers of Connecticut putting up with that and the various sideshows (Ollie, Cory Edsall) much longer. They need an invite from the B1G yesterday.

 

[sutomcat]

UCONN is still holding on inside the Top 50 at #49. But my God, look at the amount of money the AD relies upon from student fees and school support! $42 million per year -- more than half the athletics budget -- is just not sustainable. Can't see the taxpayers of Connecticut putting up with that and the various sideshows (Ollie, Cory Edsall) much longer. They need an invite from the B1G yesterday.

Rutgers is down to only spending $33 million annually to keep their athletic programs solvent. UConn is now #1 in the country in supplementing its athletic programs. Amazing they are willing to spend that much money annually.

 

[texascpa]

Rutgers is down to only spending $33 million annually to keep their athletic programs solvent. UConn is now #1 in the country in supplementing its athletic programs. Amazing they are willing to spend that much money annually.

Down? Isn't that in line or even slightly higher than previous years? Either way, they still won't get out of it when they get their full share.

 

[elimunelson]

Rutgers is down to only spending $33 million annually to keep their athletic programs solvent. UConn is now #1 in the country in supplementing its athletic programs. Amazing they are willing to spend that much money annually.

wait until Geno retires. I really believe they are closer to UMass in terms of irrelevancy than anyone else. UMass is operating on a shoe string compared for athletics.

 

[MSOrange]

Also, just to add a reminder, the deadline to contribute to SU for this fiscal year is June 30

 

[sutomcat]

Down? Isn't that in line or even slightly higher than previous years? Either way, they still won't get out of it when they get their full share.

The last I remembered, they were spending $28 million a year. So while it might well be up, they are only 5th in the country in AD welfare now. That is huge for them.

 

[texascpa]

The last I remembered, they were spending $28 million a year. So while it might well be up, they are only 5th in the country in AD welfare now. That is huge for them.

Lol, and I'm sure the Rutgers board will be gloating about the "improvement".

 

[nzm136]

UCONN is still holding on inside the Top 50 at #49. But my God, look at the amount of money the AD relies upon from student fees and school support! $42 million per year -- more than half the athletics budget -- is just not sustainable. Can't see the taxpayers of Connecticut putting up with that and the various sideshows (Ollie, Cory Edsall) much longer. They need an invite from the B1G yesterday.

The odds of UCONN getting an invite to the B1G are only marginally better than the odds of the B1G inviting me to join.

It ain’t gunna happen.

 

[nzm136]

Rutgers is down to only spending $33 million annually to keep their athletic programs solvent. UConn is now #1 in the country in supplementing its athletic programs. Amazing they are willing to spend that much money annually.

What’s amazing is what they’re getting for it (or, more accurately, what they’re *not* getting)

 

[HtownOrange]

Rutgers: $11.8MM from student fees, $21.3MM from school funds, and another $17.4MM from "OTHER". While bringing in less than $50MM, they borrow another $50,5MM just to qualify as the B1G bottom feeder.

Even if they were lucky enough to hit the B1G projections, which is several years out, they would still fall short by $25MM annually. Nobody does less with more than Rutgers. Perhaps they should be the Scarlet Blights instead of the Scarlet Knights...