B1G revenue, school profitability.

B1G BUCKS

A look at the profit figures from 2007-08 until 2012-13 for 13 of the 14 Big Ten schools. Northwestern, a private school, did not report figures.


























[th]School[/th][th]Total Profit[/th][th]Average Profit[/th]

Michigan	$90,243,483	$15,040,580.50
Penn St.	$52,918,867	$8,819,811.17
Ohio St.	$52,533,144	$8,755,524
Iowa	$31,789,258	$5,298,209.67
Indiana	$24,034,454	$4,005,742.33
Nebraska	$18,202,291	$3,033,715.17
Purdue	$17,792,141	$2,965,356.83
Illinois	$16,792,323	$2,798,720.50
Wisconsin	$12,727,545	$2,121,257.50
Mich. St.	$11,821,079	$1,970,179.83
Minnesota	$6,841,924	$1,140,320.67
Maryland	$3,208,826	$534,804.33
Rutgers	$423,319	$70,553.17
Source: ESPN Outside The Lines

B1G revenue

Not sure what to make of these numbers. The top is the top, I was just very surprised to see how far down the list MSU is. Is it coaches salaries that keeps us from being more profitable.

SIAP.

I'd take "profits" and "losses" reported with a grain of salt. These numbers include various charge offs ala Hollywood accounting

Dr. Strangelove wrote:I'd take "profits" and "losses" reported with a grain of salt. These numbers include various charge offs ala Hollywood accounting

Yeah, it's impossible to know what the real numbers are. I remember an article that mentioned that Izzo's budget included hourly fees for practice time at Breslin. The university also bills for staffing parking lots on game days, despite the fact that it keeps the revenue from that.

MSU does a good job of minimizing profits, which is ultimately a good thing.