re: Chizik's $7.5M buyout

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Baseball was a bad example to use, I apologize. It's a sport that universally covers its own finances throughout the SEC from year to year. I think it should be kept in mind that football has to cover the expenses for sports that have no way in hell of covering their own expenses (Volleyball, Track, Swimming, Girl's Basketball,etc).

I saw a forbes list earlier this year listing the budgets of a few schools and what they keep at the end of the day after paying for all the sports that run in the red. After all the numbers are crunched, 7-10 which, like an above poster made mention of, would decrease depending on whether or not Chizik finds a job, still would be a lot of money to eat THIS year.

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If you want to see the actual facts and hard #'s on this topic I'd encourage you to check out this site - Business Of College Sports

The only 2 college sports that really ever pay for themselves, i.e. take in more money than they spend, are football and men's basketball (and this isn't consistent year after year). There are a few instances where a school's women's basketball program will pay for itself, but very few.