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Profitability of Every College Program

I've often wondered how many football programs are profitable. For reference, the column on the right is the profit level including all the coaches' salaries. Left column strips out the coaches salaries.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-found-18-profitable-211-money-losing-ncaa-public-scott-hirko-ph-d-/

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I've often wondered how many football programs are profitable. For reference, the column on the right is the profit level including all the coaches' salaries. Left column strips out the coaches salaries.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-found-18-profitable-211-money-losing-ncaa-public-scott-hirko-ph-d-/

1662240375834

1662240705757

1662240725827

I knew two compliance officers from the NCAA who told me this a long time ago, pretty much what you have here in this spreadsheet. The financial model for the sport is being driven by the top 20 or so money makers. All the shaping of conferences, and TV schedules. etc...
 
This is why we need P5 schools to form their own league while the G5 and FCS should combine. The top 20 are playing an entirely different game than the others.

This sheet also explains why James Madison football admin was very against the move up. They went from being a player in FCS to 45 mil in debt with all the added expense that FBS brings.
 
If those figures are even close to correct then I see why the BOC decided to create an athletic operations committee.
 
I've often wondered how many football programs are profitable. For reference, the column on the right is the profit level including all the coaches' salaries. Left column strips out the coaches salaries.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-found-18-profitable-211-money-losing-ncaa-public-scott-hirko-ph-d-/

1662240375834

1662240705757

1662240725827
I would think most FBS football programs are in the black, this is a table of the athletic department’s net Gain/Loss as a whole. Would see some real ugly numbers if they excluded football related advertising/ticket sales/donations revenue streams from that figure
 
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