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SEC spends 12X more on their athletes than their students
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:17 pm
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:17 pm
Per athlete:
(in thousands)
SEC - $163
Big 12 - $131
Big 10 - $116
ACC - $103
Pac 12 - $102
Big East - 102
Per Student:
(in thousands)
Big 10 - $19
Big East - $17
ACC - $15
Pac 12 - $14
Big 12 - #13.9
SEC - $13.3
That about sums it up.
Delta Project link
Report also dismissed that winning on the football field gives the University any prestige whatsoever.
Flutie Fator: "While strong athletics programs are thought to improve universities' standing through increased visibility (called the "Flutie Factor" after the famed Boston College quarterback) the report says the effects are exaggerated, short-lived and limited to football."
(in thousands)
SEC - $163
Big 12 - $131
Big 10 - $116
ACC - $103
Pac 12 - $102
Big East - 102
Per Student:
(in thousands)
Big 10 - $19
Big East - $17
ACC - $15
Pac 12 - $14
Big 12 - #13.9
SEC - $13.3
That about sums it up.
Delta Project link
Report also dismissed that winning on the football field gives the University any prestige whatsoever.
Flutie Fator: "While strong athletics programs are thought to improve universities' standing through increased visibility (called the "Flutie Factor" after the famed Boston College quarterback) the report says the effects are exaggerated, short-lived and limited to football."
This post was edited on 7/25/13 at 11:18 pm
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Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:21 pm to Zamoro10
quote:
Report also dismissed that winning on the football field gives the University any prestige whatsoever.
They still make the schools a shite ton of money.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:24 pm to Zamoro10
No wonder no one else can compete in athletics with us. They don't want to pony up.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:24 pm to whodidthat
quote:
They still make the schools a shite ton of money.
Not according to that report. It's a limited number of schools that are self sufficient. The majority of them have to subsidize their athletic programs.
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:34 pm to Zamoro10
All I see is that the SEC is more concerned with safety than the other conferences by ponying up the money to aid our athletes. 
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:44 pm to Zamoro10
This poor Zamoro guy. Does the SEC ever let you sleep at night?
How much does u$c spend?
How much does u$c spend?
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:44 pm to Zamoro10
But they need to start paying athletes because they don't have the opportunities regular students do to work
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:55 pm to TDawg1313
Yep, only a select few football programs are self-supporting...and almost no athletic department is self-supporting...receiving funds from all over to pay for the athletes to entertain and build statues and argue nonsense.
The belief that college sports are a financial boon to colleges and universities is generally misguided.
Although some big-time college sports athletic
departments are self-supporting—and some specific
sports may be profitable enough to help support other campus sports programs—more often than not, the colleges and universities are subsidizing athletics, not the other way around.
The belief that college sports are a financial boon to colleges and universities is generally misguided.
Although some big-time college sports athletic
departments are self-supporting—and some specific
sports may be profitable enough to help support other campus sports programs—more often than not, the colleges and universities are subsidizing athletics, not the other way around.
This post was edited on 7/25/13 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:56 pm to Zamoro10
quote:
Yep, only a select few football programs are self-supporting...and almost no athletic department is self-supporting
Well LSU is so frick off
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:57 pm to Tiger1242
This is why it's not posted on the Tiger Rant. So, go away.
This post was edited on 7/25/13 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 7/25/13 at 11:59 pm to Zamoro10
Nah I'm good
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:06 am to Tiger1242
There's about 20 schools that are self-supporting upon last count...and that includes still taking "student activity fees" from students - and counting that as self-supporting and not taking it from the University general fund.
LSU, Arkansas and Alabama are the only SEC schools who claim to be self-supporting but don't take student fees for revenue.
Student Activity fees count for 10% of all total revenue for Miss. State and Auburn takes about 5 million. So 3 schools in the SEC don't bilk their regular students to pay for athletes.
SEC is still the worst offender with student fees.
Big 10 - almost no school takes except Illinois and Iowa...about 0.5%.
LSU, Arkansas and Alabama are the only SEC schools who claim to be self-supporting but don't take student fees for revenue.
Student Activity fees count for 10% of all total revenue for Miss. State and Auburn takes about 5 million. So 3 schools in the SEC don't bilk their regular students to pay for athletes.
SEC is still the worst offender with student fees.
Big 10 - almost no school takes except Illinois and Iowa...about 0.5%.
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:08 am to Zamoro10
So LSU is in the best conference, is self sustaining, and doesn't screw over its students. We're the tits 
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:19 am to Tiger1242
UF is not self-supporting, but we have the greatest athletic department in the country and one of the best public universities in the country 
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:27 am to Zamoro10
You sure hate you some SEC
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:29 am to UFownstSECsince1950
quote:
UF is not self-supporting, but we have the greatest athletic department in the country and one of the best public universities in the country
Well you're just stating opinions and I'm going off facts
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:31 am to Tiger1242
You're in the worst conference depending how you look at it...based on the above.
Guy in bar with a Tiger bait T-shirt...cool, go celebrate.
Or;
Student looking for a future and a degree that means something.
Guy in bar with a Tiger bait T-shirt...cool, go celebrate.
Or;
Student looking for a future and a degree that means something.
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:35 am to Zamoro10
quote:
Guy in bar with a Tiger bait T-shirt...cool, go celebrate.
Or;
Student looking for a future and a degree that means something.
Well I got a degree, and a job in the field that I want, and went to the school I've wanted to go to forever, and got to travel around the South partying my arse off and watching football, and I don't have bitter hate towards other schools/conferences for odd reasons....
So I win again
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:37 am to Zamoro10
quote:
Student looking for a future and a degree that means something.
Posted on 7/26/13 at 12:37 am to Zamoro10
And the fact that we spend more on student athletes has nothing to do with our athletic programs bringing in more money? Lol backwards cause/effect
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