Forbes- most valuable football programs-2009

Always good to be in the top 10.

BTW - for those who argue that the NCAA should drop a regular season game and go with a playoff, here's why that will never happen:

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Each Tigers home game weekend generates an estimated $8.2 million in direct spending by visitors to East Baton Rouge Parish

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For alot of schools the value of the football program is very minuscule compared to the value of the school itself. Texas has an endowment of $7 billion in addition to all the revenue they generate from tuition, research, etc. I'm not saying that having a valuable football program isn't good but its such a small component of the schools value.

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The waiting list to obtain season tickets for the Crimson Tide is currently 15,210 names long. Once selected, new ticket holders must make a donation to the athletic department that ranges from $5,000 to $500,000 (depending on seat location) before receiving any tickets.

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and ALOT of LSU fans bitch about having to donate $100 a year for LSU tickets

Good, so a buy out should be no problem.

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Good, so a buy out should be no problem.

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Probably not...how much of a buy out do you want to stop bringing your teenage like flames to the Rant?

Nice article. I'm confused about one thing though:

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An agreement that gives Notre Dame 1/66 of all Bowl Championship Series net revenues, means the Fighting Irish have received $4 million in payments from the BCS over the last three years, despite going 15-21 in the regular season and not qualifying for a single New Year’s Day or later bowl game.

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How the hell did they swing that deal?

Penn State #3. Not bad at all.