UCF reports in at #56 in total athletic revenues (of public institutions) in the latest NCAA database for the 2013-14 academic/fiscal year.
That's good enough for fourth in the G5 behind UConn, Cincy, and Memphis, but behind all P5 teams. (only UConn and Cincy outgained any of the P5 - UConn ranking at #44).
UCF subsidized that revenue (through student fees and other contributions) at a 46% clip, lower than in most years.
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...finances-revenue-expense-division-i/27971457/
A couple of sad quotes from the article:
"By the NCAA's benchmark for self-sufficiency, just 24 of 230 public schools in Division I stand on their own..."
"By NCAA definition, self sufficiency means an athletic department's generated operating revenues — not counting money from student fees, university funding or direct government support — are at least equal to its total operating expenses, which is legalese for taking in more money than you spend.
Oregon led the nation with $196 million total operating revenue and an $83.5 million difference between its generated revenue and its total operating expense of $110.4 million. However, the school reported that its revenue included in-kind facility gifts of $95 million — the value a football training facility funded primarily by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.
The other 23 schools meeting this standard are all from the Southeastern, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences, including Texas, which led the nation in total operating expense at $154.1 million and reported transferring another $9.7 million back to the university. Texas' total operating revenue was second to Oregon's at $161 million.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, the other member of the Power Five, did not have any schools meeting the NCAA benchmark, though North Carolina State came close, with a deficit of just more than $165,000."
"The deficits get smaller and the number of self-sufficient schools gets larger if viewed another way. While athletics departments get money from student fees, university funds and government support, they also send money to their schools through payments for scholarships and facilities and through transfers like Texas'.
When those amounts are balanced, USA TODAY Sports found, all 50 of the public schools that were in a Power Five conference in 2013-14 were self-sufficient. But only three Bowl Subdivision schools outside the Power Five and two non-FBS schools were self-sufficient."
And this was UCF's lone year as AQ. It's only going to get worse from here.
That's good enough for fourth in the G5 behind UConn, Cincy, and Memphis, but behind all P5 teams. (only UConn and Cincy outgained any of the P5 - UConn ranking at #44).
UCF subsidized that revenue (through student fees and other contributions) at a 46% clip, lower than in most years.
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...finances-revenue-expense-division-i/27971457/
A couple of sad quotes from the article:
"By the NCAA's benchmark for self-sufficiency, just 24 of 230 public schools in Division I stand on their own..."
"By NCAA definition, self sufficiency means an athletic department's generated operating revenues — not counting money from student fees, university funding or direct government support — are at least equal to its total operating expenses, which is legalese for taking in more money than you spend.
Oregon led the nation with $196 million total operating revenue and an $83.5 million difference between its generated revenue and its total operating expense of $110.4 million. However, the school reported that its revenue included in-kind facility gifts of $95 million — the value a football training facility funded primarily by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.
The other 23 schools meeting this standard are all from the Southeastern, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences, including Texas, which led the nation in total operating expense at $154.1 million and reported transferring another $9.7 million back to the university. Texas' total operating revenue was second to Oregon's at $161 million.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, the other member of the Power Five, did not have any schools meeting the NCAA benchmark, though North Carolina State came close, with a deficit of just more than $165,000."
"The deficits get smaller and the number of self-sufficient schools gets larger if viewed another way. While athletics departments get money from student fees, university funds and government support, they also send money to their schools through payments for scholarships and facilities and through transfers like Texas'.
When those amounts are balanced, USA TODAY Sports found, all 50 of the public schools that were in a Power Five conference in 2013-14 were self-sufficient. But only three Bowl Subdivision schools outside the Power Five and two non-FBS schools were self-sufficient."
And this was UCF's lone year as AQ. It's only going to get worse from here.
