I don't believe him, I just can't prove him wrong. The proof is hard to find. He has a USA Today article showing we lost 9.2 Million dollars, and I have someone's opinion. But you are probably right that the truth would not matter to him, because he does still have that article to back him up.
That's why looking at self-generated revenues is a clearer way to view things. Everything else is revenue that an athletic departmnent did not earn itself. For the USA Today figures, self-generated revenues are the total revenues less the "subsidy" amount.
2013-2014 Conference USA public university figures for 2010-2011 fiscal year (in order by self-generated revenues)
School Total revenues Total expenses Total state subsidy % subsidy Self-generated revenues East Carolina $34,048,869 $32,220,961 $13,515,570 39.69% $20,533,299Marshall $27,444,906 $26,146,967 $12,482,291 45.48% $14,962,615UTEP $27,694,358 $27,660,527 $13,870,677 50.08% $13,823,681Southern Miss $20,673,597 $20,702,037 $8,015,417 38.77% $12,658,180UAB $25,690,048 $25,224,426 $16,624,135 64.71% $9,065,913Old Dominion $32,893,744 $30,909,628 $23,899,361 72.66% $8,994,383Louisiana Tech $17,146,559 $17,135,283 $9,238,911 53.88% $7,907,648North Texas $11,259,222 $18,935,422 $5,051,120 44.86% $6,208,102UNCC $18,264,105 $17,519,512 $13,309,575 71.46% $5,314,530UTSA $16,675,632 $16,004,767 $11,946,053 71.64% $4,729,579FIU $23,849,954 $24,606,141 $19,156,076 80.32% $4,693,878
Let me repeat the math for 2010-2011 on Tech and then do the same for ULL....
2010-11
School Direct
institutional
support Athletic Scholarship Support
avg scholarship cost X
# of scholarships
(assume 100% is covered) Athletic Base Support
max 3% PY Oper. Budget
$0-$500,000 could be added
to Athletic Base Support
for sex equity Operating Budget
required to
support maximum 3%
Athletic Base SupportTech $7,209,395 $3,616,304 $3,093,091-$3,593,091 $103,103,033-$119,769,700ULL $5,827,446 $2,531,170 $2,796,276-$3,296,276 $93,209,200-$109,875,867
Here are the same figures for 2009-2010. Looks pretty obvious to me that ULL did not transfer the full 3% it could have in Athletic Base Support for 2010-2011...in excess of $700K less appears to have been transferred in 2010-2011 compared to 2009-2010. Unless ULL's operating budget dropped by $23 million between 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, that decreased transfer was a decision made by the ULL administration.
...shhhhh...don't let RaginPagin' posters see this....
2009-2010 Direct
institutional
support Athletic Scholarship Support
avg scholarship cost X
# of scholarships
(assume 100% covered) Athletic Base Support
max 3% PY Oper. Budget
$0-$500,000 could be added
to Athletic Base Support
for sex equity Operating Budget
required to
support maximum 3%
Athletic Base Support 2008-2009
Budgeted and Actual
Total ExpendituresTech $6,627,679 $3,300,844 $2,826,835-$3,326,835 $94,227,833-$110,894,500 Budget $101,515,795
Actual $95,685,574ULL $6,524,028 $2,460,656 $3,563,372-$4,063,372 $118,779,067-$135,445,733 Budget $147,805,705
Actual $140,999,227
Last edited by RealityCheck; 06-09-2012 at 09:08 PM.