2016 (Public) Athletic Department Balance Sheets

[Professor Chaos]

The new numbers are out for the 2016-2017 academic year published by USA Today: http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

I find it interesting to look at how FCS schools balance, or try to balance, their athletic budgets. If you click on the school you can see the subsidies the athletic department took in broken down by student fees and "school funds". It allows you to sort based on total revenue, total expenses, and % subsidy. Here's the top 10 for each amongst FCS schools (I just eyeballed it so there may be some mistakes). Keep in mind this is for all sports, not just football.

Total revenue (highest)
1. James Madison $47,442,648
2. Delaware $34,309,705
3. UC Davis $32,459,650
4. Stony Brook $31,692,805
5. New Hampshire $29,173,085
6. Cal Poly $28,338,679
7. Towson $27,424,255
8. Sacramento St $26,741,348
9. Rhode Island $26,627,943
10. Illinois St $26,521,556

Total revenue (lowest)
1. Alabama A&M $2,592,863
2. Mississippi Valley St $4,288,571
3. Alcorn St $5,441,889
4. Grambling $6,198,723
5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff $7,141,263
6. Jackson St $7,602,536
7. South Carolina St $8,449,844
8. Nicholls St $8,587,660
9. Morgan St $10,453,448
10. UT Martin $10,679,463

Total expenses (highest)
1. James Madison $47,442,648
2. Delaware $34,309,705
3. UC Davis $31,837,452
4. Stony Brook $30,968,765
5. Towson $29,412,429
6. New Hampshire $28,908,841
7. Southern Illinois $27,544,434
8. Sacramento St $27,348,042
9. William & Mary $26,499,511
10. North Dakota $26,327,877

Total expenses (lowest)
1. Mississippi Valley St $4,288,571
2. Alcorn St $6,751,529
3. Arkansas Pine-Bluff $7,153,294
4. Jackson St $7,602,536
5. South Carolina St $8,438,685
6. Nicholls St $8,492,701
7. Grambling $8,642,954
8. Alabama A&M $9,372,315
9. UT Martin $10,679,463
10. Texas Southern $10,889,527

% subsidy/allocated (lowest)
1. Montana 34.15
2. North Dakota St 34.47
3. South Dakota St 45.50
4. North Dakota 47.95
5. VMI 48.20
6. Northern Iowa 48.96
7. McNeese St 49.13
8. Mississippi Valley St 50.47
9. Montana St 51.14
10. Florida A&M 53.89

% subsidy/allocated (highest)
1. Central Connecticut 88.40
2. Morehead St 88.09
3. Towson 86.35
4. Sacramento St 84.83
5. Stony Brook 84.58
6. Morgan St 83.35
7. Delaware St 82.76
8. Alabama St 82.27
9. Texas Southern 82.22
10. Stephen F Austin 81.94

Pretty interesting to see where we all stack up amongst the big boys I thought.

[Professor Chaos]

A couple interesting notes.

JMU gets more revenue from student fees ($36M+) than any other FCS school's total revenue.

I still don't know how MVSU supports a D1 athletic department with less than $5M. Their lack of success is not surprising given their lack of investment in athletics. Why even have a D1 athletic department if you're going to underfund it so badly?

FCOA doesn't seem to have a huge impact on AD expenses. NDSU didn't even crack the top 10 in the FCS after giving FCOA to all scholarship athletes this year.

[mmiller_34]

A couple interesting notes.

JMU gets more revenue from student fees ($36M+) than any other FCS school's total revenue.

I still don't know how MVSU supports a D1 athletic department with less than $5M. Their lack of success is not surprising given their lack of investment in athletics. Why even have a D1 athletic department if you're going to underfund it so badly?

FCOA doesn't seem to have a huge impact on AD expenses. NDSU didn't even crack the top 10 in the FCS after giving FCOA to all scholarship athletes this year.

I was thinking about that too. If you look at the numbers, the scholarship expense hardly moved at all compared to the average trend--- the growth in scholarship expenses seems to be pretty steady at a 250k-300k per year over the past 10 years for NDSU. You would expect to see a jump larger than normal if you're going to be adding 3-4k scholarship $$ to each athlete in one year. Maybe NDSU has an implementation plan like SDSU where select athletes are awarded FCOA, that seems to be the only explanation I can think of. That or the FCOA is clumped into the "other" expense column, that could be a possibility too.

NDSU AD EXPENSES
YEAR	COACHING / STAFF	SCHOLARSHIPS	FACILITIES / OVERHEAD	OTHER	TOTAL EXPENSES
2016	$8,098,029	$3,657,390	$2,026,788	$9,735,251	$23,517,458
2015	$7,663,880	$3,501,744	$1,744,957	$9,357,849	$22,268,430
2014	$7,383,100	$3,461,090	$859,513	$8,915,135	$20,618,838
2013	$6,693,954	$3,270,917	$939,916	$7,798,182	$18,702,969
2012	$6,196,868	$2,993,457	$535,093	$7,106,029	$16,831,447
2011	$5,953,062	$2,849,167	$415,140	$6,133,876	$15,351,245
2010	$5,406,489	$2,727,872	$773,734	$5,516,344	$14,424,439
2009	$5,122,565	$2,482,613	$239,854	$5,256,919	$13,101,951
2008	$4,349,264	$2,217,536	$171,789	$4,929,411	$11,668,000
2007	$3,883,158	$2,049,770	$132,387	$4,161,129	$10,226,444
2006	$3,596,545	$1,861,707	$42,514	$3,388,255	$8,889,021
2005	$2,979,213	$1,448,411	$0	$3,357,211	$7,784,835

SDSU AD EXPENSES
YEAR	COACHING / STAFF	SCHOLARSHIPS	FACILITIES / OVERHEAD	OTHER	TOTAL EXPENSES
2016	$6,018,388	$3,759,761	$952,865	$6,127,503	$16,858,517
2015	$5,729,179	$3,755,551	$674,735	$6,257,688	$16,417,153
2014	$5,247,705	$3,618,226	$484,274	$6,350,384	$15,700,589
2013	$4,852,661	$3,190,134	$489,850	$6,547,105	$15,079,750
2012	$4,246,488	$3,035,045	$494,830	$6,338,735	$14,115,098
2011	$3,994,892	$2,734,141	$546,070	$5,831,768	$13,106,871
2010	$3,633,397	$2,664,974	$558,612	$5,488,528	$12,345,511
2009	$2,827,604	$2,402,154	$354,003	$5,139,394	$10,723,155
2008	$2,530,963	$2,275,567	$310,000	$5,485,607	$10,602,137
2007	$2,124,681	$1,742,665	$236,694	$4,294,150	$8,398,190
2006	$1,877,753	$1,289,157	$871,904	$3,468,177	$7,506,991
2005	$2,271,848	$968,572	$181,663	$2,777,822	$6,199,905

[Bluefish845]

Interesting that Stonybrook has 4th highest income, 4th highest expenses and 5th most subsidy. As a NY resident I am appalled. When SHU visits Stonybrook this year I will announce at the gate "I have already paid for my ticket!!!" NY also just passed free college tuition if you meet certain income (or lack thereof) requirements....

[Bucs2016]

Interesting that Stonybrook has 4th highest income, 4th highest expenses and 5th most subsidy. As a NY resident I am appalled. When SHU visits Stonybrook this year I will announce at the gate "I have already paid for my ticket!!!" NY also just passed free college tuition if you meet certain income (or lack thereof) requirements....

Free tuition in NY??? SOO if I move there...don't take a job...apply with $0 income...can I spend 4 years at Syracuse in the dorms and have some fun???? This "free tuition" experiment the left wing is going on is ripe for abuse.

[Bluefish845]

Free tuition in NY??? SOO if I move there...don't take a job...apply with $0 income...can I spend 4 years at Syracuse in the dorms and have some fun???? This "free tuition" experiment the left wing is going on is ripe for abuse.

'Cuse is a private school the Free tuition is for public schools only but includes both Stonybrook and Albany. You would still be on the hook for room and board which is more than tuition at most of the state schools currently SUNY tuition is about $5,700 per semester although that can vary by school slightly

[Bluefish845]

'Cuse is a private school the Free tuition is for public schools only but includes both Stonybrook and Albany. You would still be on the hook for room and board which is more than tuition at most of the state schools currently SUNY tuition is about $5,700 per semester although that can vary by school slightly

Sorry old number it is $6,470 per semester..

[Seawolf97]

'Cuse is a private school the Free tuition is for public schools only but includes both Stonybrook and Albany. You would still be on the hook for room and board which is more than tuition at most of the state schools currently SUNY tuition is about $5,700 per semester although that can vary by school slightly

It is really not free money. If the student applies for the scholarship they have to commit to stay and work in New York State for four years after they graduate. If they leave after graduation then they are obligated to payback the loan with interest. I understand this is not a popular since many kids do not want to commit to stay in New York and I cant blame them .

[RootinFerDukes]

It is really not free money. If the student applies for the scholarship they have to commit to stay and work in New York State for four years after they graduate. If they leave after graduation then they are obligated to payback the loan with interest. I understand this is not a popular since many kids do not want to commit to stay in New York and I cant blame them .

I honestly can't blame the state for instituting that rule though. If they're going to invest in college educations for their citizens, they need to know that they're staying within their local economy. It would be awful if they DIDN'T put that in the legislation.

[Anthony215]

It is really not free money. If the student applies for the scholarship they have to commit to stay and work in New York State for four years after they graduate. If they leave after graduation then they are obligated to payback the loan with interest. I understand this is not a popular since many kids do not want to commit to stay in New York and I cant blame them .

Its not like they have to stay in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens or Bronx after graduating. I would gladly take 4 years of tuition paid for by the state in exchange for sucking it up for 4 years working in NY even if I had to live in North Jersey and commute into the city if I landed a job in Manhattan lol.