re: Larger Pockets? LSU or U of Florida?

lsu has a lot of old dirty money

florida generates more new money

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A friend of mine and I are arguing over who's athletic dept has the most money. I say LSU, he says FLorida.

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Don't bet him. He's right. By a million miles.

So no one has any numbers from the past 2-3 years, and everyone just jumps to florida without doing any recent research, im not saying its not Florida but for everyone to write shite without backing it up with facts is pointless.

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Florida.......not even close.

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Actually its pretty close.

1 name: Wayne Huizenga. Ring a bell?

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Not according to the report I linked on previous page.

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Don't know how current the data is, but the list below shows LSU AD profit of > $5M (on >$60M revenues), & UF profit of >$3M (on >$77M revenues), so at one time LSU AD was more profitable than UF:

Schools ranked by total total difference

1. University of Georgia $23,854,329

2. University of Michigan $17,037,042

3. University of Kansas $10,064,665

4. Virginia Tech University $8,265,356

5. University of Texas $7,250,853

6. University of Iowa $6,693,599

7. Kansas State University $5,489,598

8. Texas A&M University $5,307,357

9. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa $5,297,584

10. Louisiana State University $5,080,280

11. University of Utah $4,194,506

12. University of Florida $3,873,730

13. Michigan State University $3,829,293

14. University of Virginia $3,235,137

15. Toledo University $2,791,119

16. University of Montana $2,653,379

17. University of Louisville $2,554,198

18. Georgia Tech $2,211,593

19. Old Dominion University $2,100,983

20. University of Illinois-Chicago $2,093,770

21. University of Kentucky $2,073,943

22. University of California-Santa Barbara $1,851,419

23. Texas Tech University $1,673,968

24. University of Southern Mississippi $1,658,070

25. Arizona State University $1,585,108

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bsolutely wrong. i know alot of people at uf athelethic department LSU is definitely in better shape!!

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I assume that is being sarcastic because UF, hands down, has more money than LSU.

Our PSL's are miniscule compared to theirs.
Their merchandise licensing is more profitable than ours.
They have more wealthy boosters.

You are wrong.

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I've not seen any numbers more recent than that report. But I don't know why you would think things suddenly changed in the last two years.

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your the only one with some research instead of just blowing smoke like the majority of ppl have so far, i wasnt trying to say your info was right or wrong, just the fact everyone that came on here is "certain" florida has more with no factual evidence is kind of annoying.

Exactly, but I guess some people just can't figure it out. The actual revenue taken in by the athletic dept is only a small piece of the pie. Someone is kidding themselves if they think LSU has donors comparable to UF.