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Title: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: ksucrcoop on June 16, 2011, 01:08:36 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2011-06-15-athletic-departments-increase-money_n.htm

Here is the top 10 in profit margin for athletic dept operations:
1.) Oregon - 34.96% :eek:
2.) Alabama - 21.19%
3.) Penn State - 17.42%
4.) Oklahoma State - 16.48%
5.) Michigan - 16.42%
6.) K-State 15.66%
:kstategrad:
7.) Iowa - 15.61%
8.) Oklahoma - 11%
9.) Georgia - 10.73%
10.) Texas - 9.14%

This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 16, 2011, 01:10:12 PM
Edit your OP to delete that last part so we can still  :emawkid: about this and throw it in everybody else's face.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CNS on June 16, 2011, 01:13:31 PM
#6 feels good.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 16, 2011, 01:13:51 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2011-06-15-athletic-departments-increase-money_n.htm

Here is the top 10 in profit margin for athletic dept operations:
1.) Oregon - 34.96% :eek:
2.) Alabama - 21.19%
3.) Penn State - 17.42%
4.) Oklahoma State - 16.48%
5.) Michigan - 16.42%
6.) K-State 15.66%
:kstategrad:
7.) Iowa - 15.61%
8.) Oklahoma - 11%
9.) Georgia - 10.73%
10.) Texas - 9.14%

This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


You also have to consider that while the profit margin creates a very nice return on investment, we don't spend much on athletics compared to other schools, so we probably aren't anywhere near the top 10 in terms of total gross profit.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: felix rex on June 16, 2011, 01:26:41 PM
lotsa heavy hitters on that list.

"Excuse me, waiter? Bilderberg, party of 10 has arrived."
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: EllToPay on June 16, 2011, 01:29:34 PM
Yawn.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Pete on June 16, 2011, 01:30:32 PM
I am rough ridin' furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullshit and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.

Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: wes mantooth on June 16, 2011, 01:32:49 PM
I am effing furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullcrap and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.



 :frown:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Cire on June 16, 2011, 01:34:05 PM
Are we building a monster?
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CNS on June 16, 2011, 01:34:22 PM
I am rough ridin' furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullshit and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.



Today's profit is tomorrow's practice facility, no?
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CNS on June 16, 2011, 01:35:16 PM
Are we building a monster?

No.

If we were, the profit would be 0% and that 15% would get to 0% through illegal contributions to recruits.

Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Pete on June 16, 2011, 01:36:33 PM
I am rough ridin' furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullshit and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.



Today's profit is tomorrow's practice facility, no?

This requires Dax input, but I suspect not...separate funds.

I want every god damn nickle pumped back into this thing.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Winters on June 16, 2011, 01:37:10 PM
Would like to see this after new pressbox, etc...
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: kougar24 on June 16, 2011, 01:46:35 PM
I am effing furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullcrap and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.



I am leaning toward this line of thinking as well.

This profit smacks of David Glass v. Royals type of stuff, no?
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: ksucrcoop on June 16, 2011, 01:55:18 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2011-06-15-athletic-departments-increase-money_n.htm

Here is the top 10 in profit margin for athletic dept operations:
1.) Oregon - 34.96% :eek:
2.) Alabama - 21.19%
3.) Penn State - 17.42%
4.) Oklahoma State - 16.48%
5.) Michigan - 16.42%
6.) K-State 15.66%
:kstategrad:
7.) Iowa - 15.61%
8.) Oklahoma - 11%
9.) Georgia - 10.73%
10.) Texas - 9.14%

This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


You also have to consider that while the profit margin creates a very nice return on investment, we don't spend much on athletics compared to other schools, so we probably aren't anywhere near the top 10 in terms of total gross profit.

We're 11th in gross profit. That is what the entire USA Today article was about :bang: Now when it comes to total revenue, yeah, we're probably way down there.

You can't seriously tell me that recruits and their parents don't care about this stuff. If I was a recruit looking at schools and one school spent all their athletic revenue on rims and shiny things for the players and fans while the other school saved the hard earned money the players earned for them and put it into a rainy day fund to someday pay for backdoor super secret napkin coaching contracts...well, I think the choice is pretty obvious. 
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: MadCat on June 16, 2011, 01:59:36 PM
Waiting for my disbursement...
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 16, 2011, 02:09:04 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2011-06-15-athletic-departments-increase-money_n.htm

Here is the top 10 in profit margin for athletic dept operations:
1.) Oregon - 34.96% :eek:
2.) Alabama - 21.19%
3.) Penn State - 17.42%
4.) Oklahoma State - 16.48%
5.) Michigan - 16.42%
6.) K-State 15.66%
:kstategrad:
7.) Iowa - 15.61%
8.) Oklahoma - 11%
9.) Georgia - 10.73%
10.) Texas - 9.14%

This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


You also have to consider that while the profit margin creates a very nice return on investment, we don't spend much on athletics compared to other schools, so we probably aren't anywhere near the top 10 in terms of total gross profit.

We're 11th in gross profit. That is what the entire USA Today article was about :bang: Now when it comes to total revenue, yeah, we're probably way down there.

You can't seriously tell me that recruits and their parents don't care about this stuff. If I was a recruit looking at schools and one school spent all their athletic revenue on rims and shiny things for the players and fans while the other school saved the hard earned money the players earned for them and put it into a rainy day fund to someday pay for backdoor super secret napkin coaching contracts...well, I think the choice is pretty obvious. 


That is surprising. I guess I should have read the article. I also don't believe that the average recruit views a high profit margin as a bad thing. It's not like we're sitting up at the top of the list next to Indiana, Wake Forest, and Iowa State. I have no problem with turning a large profit as long as we are making improvements to facilities.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Panjandrum on June 16, 2011, 02:17:43 PM
This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


That's because we're not stupid and don't want to funnel money into sports no one watches to win awards (i.e. Capital One Cup) that no one cares about.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: MadCat on June 16, 2011, 02:37:28 PM
This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


That's because we're not stupid and don't want to funnel money into sports no one watches to win awards (i.e. Capital One Cup) that no one cares about.

It's the sort of thing that Husker fans would love to hold over everyone elses' heads.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 16, 2011, 03:57:52 PM
kutuckville now coming to grips with the reality that different athletic departments do their books differently.   But I digress.

While the new regime at K-State is more forthcoming and certainly communicates a lot more than the past regimes, they still play things pretty close to vest.

Here's all I've been able to pick up by trying to follow what's said.   Whenever possible net revenues are plowed back into things like facilities.   For example last year net revenues (which includes Ahearn funding giving, which was a record $14 plus million in cash last year, and another million in gifts in kind) bought all new furnishings, carpet and fixtures for Vanier as well as allowed for improvements to the suite/club level in the football stadium, and got a whole new timing/scoring system for the scoreboards in Bramlage.  

Unless CC says otherwise, I didn't hear that anyone in particular wrote a check to pay for the turf, so I would think that bill gets paid out of net revenues.   I don't think the entire cost of the Basketball Training Facility is being paid for with specific donations for that facility, some of it will be paid for with net revenues from athletic operations and general Ahearn Fund giving.  (this is not at all uncommon for large capital projects to need money from general revenues or outside funding to finish. Most of kutuckville for example doesn't know that Lew borrowed $6 million dollars to finish their football complex, and borrowed another $30 plus million to finish AFH).   

Somebody mentioned elsewhere that the weightroom in Vanier was getting yet another makeover, but I haven't seen anyone else mention it, maybe CC can enlighten us.

What these net revenue numbers also mean is that there is likely (you can't predict the future) room to cover the cost of future bonding.


















Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Dugout DickStone on June 16, 2011, 04:12:46 PM
With that kind of money they should have no problem giving some coin to goEMAW BBBS.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CyberToothCat on June 16, 2011, 05:24:36 PM
I am effing furious our profit margin is not 0.00%, as it should be.  Not joking.  15% profit is bullcrap and smacks of an AD who is looking to make himself look like a good hire for a future Pres some place else.



Today's profit is tomorrow's practice facility, no?

To offer a different possibility, I know that there has been a push within the AthDept over the last few years to endow as many annual expenses as possible.  It could be that some of the "profit" was used to establish endowment funds for scholarships or something.  I think I read once that it takes about $500,000 to endow a $20,000 scholarship.  A "profit" of $7 million could mean that 14 scholarships were endowed?  I think that K-State offers somewhere around 220 scholarships, so there is still a lot of work to do in this area.  In addition, I think that they  are wanting to endow coaching salaries; it seems like the Vaniers gave some money a few years ago to partially endow the head football coach salary.  And with the way salaries keep going up, the amount of money needed in the endowment would have to keep going up as well.  Would it show up as an expense if they used  some money to establish an endowment fund for a scholarship?
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 16, 2011, 05:49:09 PM
I doubt if the athletic department is using revenue money for endowments.   That money would transferred over to the Foundation.   They're looking for individuals to fund athletic endowments.   
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: OregonSmock on June 16, 2011, 06:06:06 PM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: jtksu on June 16, 2011, 06:12:02 PM
59-7 really mumped up your head, didn't it?
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CyberToothCat on June 16, 2011, 06:22:48 PM
I doubt if the athletic department is using revenue money for endowments.   That money would transferred over to the Foundation.   They're looking for individuals to fund athletic endowments.   

Granted.  I was just thinking that of the $16.4 million in donations for the 2009-10 year, maybe some of those donations were specifically for endowments.

I obviously do not have the kind of money it takes to establish a scholarship endowment so I don't really know how the process works.  I was just throwing out an idea.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: EllToPay on June 16, 2011, 07:46:26 PM
I obviously do not have the kind of money it takes to establish a scholarship endowment.

and yet another squawk outed.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: steve dave on June 16, 2011, 07:56:11 PM
fellas, do you think being the most wealthy and profitable team in the state and one of the most in the country is going to go to our admin's heads and make them squander money on ridiculous stuff?  I hope so. 
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: CNS on June 16, 2011, 08:27:44 PM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Of course you are
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Winters on June 16, 2011, 09:11:57 PM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Of course you are
Must be hard to look up to Big Brother all the damn time.  :kstategrad:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: MadCat on June 16, 2011, 10:34:09 PM
fellas, do you think being the most wealthy and profitable team in the state and one of the most in the country is going to go to our admin's heads and make them squander money on ridiculous stuff?  I hope so. 

I believe Kirk and John need matching gold plated shark tanks.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: jtksu on June 16, 2011, 11:05:11 PM
Those sharks better have freaking lasers on their heads.  :shakesfist:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: ksucrcoop on June 17, 2011, 06:47:04 AM
fellas, do you think being the most wealthy and profitable team in the state and one of the most in the country is going to go to our admin's heads and make them squander money on ridiculous stuff?  I hope so. 

Limestone on EVERYTHING.

I'm talking goalposts, parking lots, video boards, sheep fields, helmets, beer cups...EVERYTHING.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: kitten_mittons on June 17, 2011, 07:42:09 AM
If you aren't a fan of another Pac-10 team, I think most people's 2nd favorite team is Oregon.  Mainly because of the jealousy of their elite uniforms.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: wes mantooth on June 17, 2011, 07:53:02 AM
If you aren't a fan of another Pac-10 team, I think most people's 2nd favorite team is Oregon.  Mainly because of the jealousy of their elite uniforms.

beems is more of an adidas guy
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: bigwillie20 on June 17, 2011, 08:32:34 AM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Not to mention bandwagon squawk bball fan that has no idea what football even is.

Still to the basketball board you weakass pussy fuckin man of taste and distinction.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 17, 2011, 08:55:48 AM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Not to mention bandwagon squawk bball fan that has no idea what football even is.

Still to the basketball board you weakass pussy fuckin man of taste and distinction.
:facepalm:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Dugout DickStone on June 17, 2011, 09:15:22 AM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Good call.  ku football is a laughingstock and Oregon is everyone's favorite.  Such an elite group of uniforms.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Stupid Fitz on June 17, 2011, 12:26:39 PM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Not to mention bandwagon squawk bball fan that has no idea what football even is.

Still to the basketball board you weakass pussy fuckin man of taste and distinction.
:confused:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: bakerman on June 17, 2011, 01:12:29 PM
<---- bandwagon Oregon football fan


 :woot:

Not to mention bandwagon squawk bball fan that has no idea what football even is.

Still to the basketball board you weakass pussy fuckin man of taste and distinction.
:confused:



omg  :lol:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 17, 2011, 03:00:03 PM
KU:  Revenue $70,548,520  Expenses:  $69,241,375

Wow,  good thing ku athletics steals nearly $3 million dollars a year from the students in the form of mandatory student support fees.   Otherwise they would have finished FY 2010 nearly $2 million in the hole.

Amazing how the students got conned in that sham student election where Lew was wining and dining the Student Senate up in the pressbox . . . now they hand over millions to a complete turd of a minor sports program.



Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 17, 2011, 03:07:00 PM
ku 2010-2011 Fall/Spring/Summer Fee Schedule:

Women's and Non-Revenue Sport Fee Schedule $40/$40/$20

If you go all three sessions you pay $100 bucks to ku athletics for sports you don't pay any attention to.

Nice work Lew Perkins . . . steal from the poorest people on campus, and ensure you get paid millions!!  To Lew Perkins!!  :drink:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: OregonSmock on June 17, 2011, 03:52:27 PM
ku 2010-2011 Fall/Spring/Summer Fee Schedule:

Women's and Non-Revenue Sport Fee Schedule $40/$40/$20

If you go all three sessions you pay $100 bucks to ku athletics for sports you don't pay any attention to.

Nice work Lew Perkins . . . steal from the poorest people on campus, and ensure you get paid millions!!  To Lew Perkins!!  :drink:




Are you seriously still bitching about this?  $40 a semester is chump change, and the KU students are the ones who voted for the policy.  In return, we received millions of dollars worth of upgrades to the student recreation center as well. 
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 17, 2011, 04:04:50 PM
The students could have voted to just use the fees to pay for the bonds to upgrade the Student Rec Center.   I suspect a lot more students care about the rec center then ever care about the turd olympic sports program at ku.  

There was a big article in the UDK discussing how Lew put the Student Senate in his pocket and pretty much bought them off.

Like I said, good thing for those fees, otherwise ku athletics  2010 is in the RED.  
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 17, 2011, 04:18:10 PM
Dang:

ku:  Direct Instutional Support/Student Fees-  $3.598 million.

KSU:  Direct Instutional Support/No Student Fees-  $1.649 million.  

ku takes twice as much money from the school teat than K-State does, and K-State athletics is phasing out all direct instutional support.  That's a lot of money sucked out of the school to pay for the overall worst athletic program in the Big 12.   Damn.

ku:  Contributions-$16.193 Million

KSU:  Contributions-$16.39 Million

Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Stevesie60 on June 17, 2011, 05:13:03 PM
Dang:

ku:  Direct Instutional Support/Student Fees-  $3.598 million.

KSU:  Direct Instutional Support/No Student Fees-  $1.649 million.  

ku takes twice as much money from the school teat than K-State does, and K-State athletics is phasing out all direct instutional support.  That's a lot of money sucked out of the school to pay for the overall worst athletic program in the Big 12.   Damn.

ku:  Contributions-$16.193 Million

KSU:  Contributions-$16.39 Million



 :lol:

Hey Ben, hope this fits!

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Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: kyles on June 17, 2011, 06:21:29 PM
get off our nutz dax  :blush:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 17, 2011, 06:27:12 PM
kyles any idea why the ku athletic department sucks so hard off the school teat??

Or are you just another bandwagon, coors light drinking, Lawrence townie?

Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: wetwillie on June 17, 2011, 06:32:17 PM
kyles any idea why the ku athletic department sucks so hard off the school teat??

Or are you just another bandwagon, coors light drinking, Lawrence townie?



:frown: please don't run off the only decent KU poster we have
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Dugout DickStone on June 18, 2011, 09:23:48 AM
Don't hunt them to extinction, Dax.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: wes mantooth on June 18, 2011, 10:19:05 AM
Don't hunt them to extinction, Dax.

Dax is the Nisshin Maru.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: chum1 on June 18, 2011, 01:54:17 PM
don't get me started on how they cook the books in jaysqwawcktardvilleland.  don't even get me started.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: MichiganisGood on June 18, 2011, 02:01:04 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2011-06-15-athletic-departments-increase-money_n.htm

Here is the top 10 in profit margin for athletic dept operations:
1.) Oregon - 34.96% :eek:
2.) Alabama - 21.19%
3.) Penn State - 17.42%
4.) Oklahoma State - 16.48%
5.) Michigan - 16.42%
6.) K-State 15.66%
:kstategrad:
7.) Iowa - 15.61%
8.) Oklahoma - 11%
9.) Georgia - 10.73%
10.) Texas - 9.14%

This is pretty incredible...but I'm pretty sure the only reason we're on this list is because we don't offer a lot of the non-$ generating sports (e.g. men's tennis, soccer, etc...).


 :gocho:
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 18, 2011, 04:52:24 PM
don't get me started on how they cook the books in jaysqwawcktardvilleland.  don't even get me started.

I know right. 

Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Kat Kid on June 20, 2011, 04:15:00 PM
This seems relatively cheap when compared with the stadium upgrades.  Does John know about it?

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/auburn-payroll-tens-of-thousands-to-hostesses-29756 (http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/auburn-payroll-tens-of-thousands-to-hostesses-29756)

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Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: Dugout DickStone on June 21, 2011, 09:32:43 AM
I love Auburn so hard.  I can't stand it sometimes.
Title: Re: 6th most profitable Athletic Department...
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 21, 2011, 07:27:32 PM
ku: Operating Revenue less Direct Institutional Support and Compulsory Student Fees:  $66, 949,954

ku: Total Expneses: $69,241,375.00

Difference:  -2,291,421

Thank goodness for that old Strong Hall Teat and Student Fees.