Unt Football In The Red

[Pen Yan Fan]

From an article in Football Review

On the flip side, once you get out of the big leagues, we find places like North Texas. For the reporting year ended on Aug. 31, 2007, North Texas lost multiples on football, spending $4.2 million against revenues of $1.4 million. Attempting to turn that around, North Texas made a coaching change entering last season, hiring Todd Dodge away from Southlake Carroll. Dodge made an immediate impact on fund raising, but not on winning.

[MeanGreen61]

From an article in Football Review

On the flip side, once you get out of the big leagues, we find places like North Texas. For the reporting year ended on Aug. 31, 2007, North Texas lost multiples on football, spending $4.2 million against revenues of $1.4 million. Attempting to turn that around, North Texas made a coaching change entering last season, hiring Todd Dodge away from Southlake Carroll. Dodge made an immediate impact on fund raising, but not on winning.

Not exactly the whole story. Revenue does not include unallocated income (donations, student fees,etc)......Here's the total athletics income/expenses, including unallocated income, for the period.

Grand Total Revenues $16,787,101

Grand Total Expenses $15,873,899

http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstDetail.asp?CRITERIA=3

Edited February 25, 2008 by MeanGreen61

[FirefightnRick]

Good find 61. It would be interesting to know what the additional $913,000 went towards. Imagine what a regional conference would do for us?

Rick

[flyeater]

What is Football Review, and where do you find it?

[Varsity]

According to Dan Fulks, an accounting professor at Transylvania University who analyzes athletic finances for the NCAA, in 2006 only 19 Division I-A football institutions reported a profit from athletics, with an average of $4.3 million. The 99 other schools lost an average of $8.9 million.

[MeanGreen61]

According to Dan Fulks, an accounting professor at Transylvania University who analyzes athletic finances for the NCAA, in 2006 only 19 Division I-A football institutions reported a profit from athletics, with an average of $4.3 million. The 99 other schools lost an average of $8.9 million.

Looking at the various accounting systems used, it's akin to comparing apples to oranges. Donations, student fees and other income are credited differently by reporting institutions. There is not a standardized reporting system. A numbers cruncher can easily make it come out to fit his/her agenda. There is no reason to not use the numbers reported by various universities on the Gender Equity site.

[Guest GrayEagleOne]

Looking at the various accounting systems used, it's akin to comparing apples to oranges. Donations, student fees and other income are credited differently by reporting institutions. There is not a standardized reporting system. A numbers cruncher can easily make it come out to fit his/her agenda. There is no reason to not use the numbers reported by various universities on the Gender Equity site.

You are right. I've crunched enough numbers that I can show all sports but football breaking even and football making $913,000 or all of them making a few bucks. The only ones that are suspect to me are those where the revenue exactly equals the expenses. That tells me that someone or something contributed enough to cover the expenses.