The Holy Land of Hoops

School sports deficit in football schools outside the power-5 in 2012-2013.

I do not know what the deficit is with our 10 schools. As they are private institutions I believe they are not required to report these things. However I must assume they are much lower that the schools listed.

Obviously the major reason is the cost of football.

What will they do when the full cost of attendance is included. I saw a report on a sports website in September which stated that one of the power 5 schools had calculated the FCOA will be $10,250 per scholarship or for that school about $3 million per year (over 300 scholarships and 85 of them for football.)

School Deficit
UNLV $35.3 million
Houston $26.8 million
Air Force $26.0 million
Old Dominion $25.7 million
Massachusetts $25.0 million
UCF $23.6 million
Georgia State $23.1 million
Eastern Michigan $22.4 million
Buffalo $22.1 million
Western Michigan $21.3 million
San Diego State $21.2 million
Akron $21.2 million
Kent State $21.1 million
Middle Tennessee $20.7 million
Florida International $19.9 million
Miami (Ohio) $19.7 million
Cincinnati $19.4 million
Memphis $19.1 million
Texas State $19.0 million
Connecticut $18.9 million
Hawaii $18.2 million
Central Michigan $18.1 million
New Mexico State $18.1 million
Ohio $17.8 million
North Texas $17.8 million
Colorado State $17.7 million
UAB $17.5 million
Ball State $17.4 million
South Florida $17.3 million
Northern Illinois $16.6 million
Western Kentucky $16.4 million
San Jose State $16.2 million
Wyoming $16.0 million
New Mexico $16.0 million
East Carolina $15.8 million
Texas-San Antonio $15.6 million
Marshall $15.2 million
South Alabama $15.2 million
UTEP $14.8 million
Utah State $14.3 million
Florida Atlantic $14.0 million
Troy $12.9 million
Fresno State $12.4 million
Appalachian State $12.0 million
Toledo $11.7 million
Boise State $11.6 million
Nevada $11.5 million
Bowling Green $11.4 million
Southern Miss $9.4 million
Idaho $9.4 million
Arkansas State $9.3 million
Louisiana Tech $9.1 million
Georgia Southern $8.3 million
Louisiana-Lafayette $8.2 million
Louisiana-Monroe $4.3 million
Army $1.8 million
Numbers are from 2012-13. Source: USA Today Sports

Great find - thanks for sharing.

I am convinced that some of these schools will be dumping football soon. Frankly, schools like UMass and San Diego St should have done it yesterday and dedicated some of the saved funds to hoops. Others like Cincinnatti, Memphis and UConn would be wise to follow suit.

Bluejay wrote:Great find - thanks for sharing.

I am convinced that some of these schools will be dumping football soon. Frankly, schools like UMass and San Diego St should have done it yesterday and dedicated some of the saved funds to hoops. Others like Cincinnatti, Memphis and UConn would be wise to follow suit.

I can't speak for the others, but Cincinnati will never drop football. They might not have the best fanbase, but they were inches away from competing with tier 1 football teams that they could never accept dropping it now.

DudeAnon wrote:

Bluejay wrote:Great find - thanks for sharing.

I am convinced that some of these schools will be dumping football soon. Frankly, schools like UMass and San Diego St should have done it yesterday and dedicated some of the saved funds to hoops. Others like Cincinnatti, Memphis and UConn would be wise to follow suit.

I can't speak for the others, but Cincinnati will never drop football. They might not have the best fanbase, but they were inches away from competing with tier 1 football teams that they could never accept dropping it now.

There are only 7 SCHOOLS that don't take state tax subsidies already because of athletic department deficits so with the full cost of tuition, which will add a few more million to each annual deficit, there's going to be a big outcry and a reversal of sentiment from "poor athlete is being exploited" to "asshole spoiled jarhead stealing my money," just watch. No BE team will have to deal with that.