Colleges Foot a Large Share of Athletics Expenses, New NCAA Data Show

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The Cost of College Sports
Published 5/16/2008 by Howard Wasserman (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Law Blog
A new article in the Chronicle of Higher Education reveals that from 2004-06, only 17 out of 330 Division I athletic departments operated at a profit, with universities making up the difference, usually out of general operating revenues. This marked the first time the NCAA had reported budgetary numbers by focusing on revenues allocated to athletics departments by the school, rather than on revenues generated by athletics themselves.

NCAA Athletic Programs: Truly Self-Supporting?
Published 5/17/2008 by PUNTE at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... schools operate within their means, using money generated from football and basketball to help pay for other sports. Arizona softball A new study released by the NCAA indicates that this may not be happening. The NCAA released a study compiling revenue data from 327 of the 330 NCAA Division I teams. This report was unique in that it was the first time that a distinction was made between money generated by the programs and allocated to the programs by the schools themselves. From CHRONICLE.COM (via ...