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Article from Ohio State blog; truth or butthurt?

Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:06 pm
Posted by Springfield XD
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:06 pm
Eleven Warriors

CONFERENCE MEDIAN SPENDING PER STUDENT, 2010
B1G $19,225
Big East $17,620
ACC $15,360
PAC Ten $14,217
Big XII $13,988
SEC $13,390
FBS Average $13,628

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Only Illinois and Iowa still attach fees to student tuition to help fund athletics. Every single other department is self-funded. Huge, mostly-full stadiums help pay those bills. The Big Ten Network is extremely helpful. Smart investments and licensing agreements are as well. These are all things that the SEC has too, yet every public school except Alabama, Arkansas and LSU charges its students - who are already the least-funded among all major conferences, even ranking below the FBS average - fees to pay for its well-funded athletes. Alabama and Arkansas take millions out of their own institutional funding to cover athletics' costs, which means America's third and fifth-poorest states use tax money to pay for, basically, college football. Only LSU's athletic department is completely subsidy-free.
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72323 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:10 pm to
That is utterly complete bullshite. Alabama athletics pours money into academics and facilities for academics.
Posted by tigerfan4120
Member since Dec 2003
3262 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:14 pm to
LSU's athletic department has been giving millions to the university.

Bama is win at all costs so I wouldn't be surprised if they set aside some money for athletics, but that's just the culture there. If the football team is doing well, the university is doing well. I don't see anything wrong with it. Bama is a good public university so it's a moot point, really.

Just butthurt, pointless commentary.
Posted by TeLeFaWx
Dallas, TX
Member since Aug 2011
29192 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:16 pm to
I knew all but like 8 public schools received something from their state governments for athletics. I thought A&M was one of them. I wonder why we got that 9 thousand... Tax write off for some loss or something? Weird number. Like 90% of schools get figures in the millions.
Posted by KaiserSoze99
Member since Aug 2011
31669 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:16 pm to
Without reading the article, anything written by the B1G about the SEC is butthurt AND bullshite. FYI.
Posted by Doc Fenton
New York, NY
Member since Feb 2007
52698 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:21 pm to
From an economic perspective, that snippet you provided looks like the author has completely and totally missed making any real point.

How things are allocated from an accountant's point of view does not determine the underlying economic reality of things.

In reality, it's absurd to say that ANY college football program is self-funded, and it's also true that a CFB program need not be in the black in order for it to be a wise PR investment for the university. Finally, how tuition charges are officially tabulated is totally ad hoc and pointless. What matters is only the reality of how much students actually have to pay to the school overall in order to obtain an education.
Posted by 03GeeTee
Oklahomastan
Member since Oct 2010
3371 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:22 pm to
Posted by Buck_Nasty
Corndog Nation
Member since Feb 2013
1724 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:23 pm to
quote:

Only LSU's athletic department is completely subsidy-free.


print the shirts
Posted by bigbowe80
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
3710 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:26 pm to
quote:

Only LSU's athletic department is completely subsidy-free.


One thing the State of Louisiana can feel very good about and LSU fans should be very proud of. Not only are we completly subsidy-free we give millions back to the university.

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Eleven Warriors CONFERENCE MEDIAN SPENDING PER STUDENT, 2010 B1G $19,225 Big East $17,620 ACC $15,360 PAC Ten $14,217 Big XII $13,988 SEC $13,390 FBS Average $13,628


Talk about a pointless stat, just because they spend more money per student doesn't equal automatic better edication. Just ask Detroit public schools, with some of the highest per
student costs in the nation (can't remember exactly but I want to say its around 13k per student per year) and yet one of the most undereducated areas in the nation with over 50% illiteracy.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 6:38 pm
Posted by hsqb
Member since Oct 2009
623 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:30 pm to
The Alabama Athletic Dept has donated at least a million dollars a year to UA's general fund for the past several years.

Yeah, the article is bullshite. It's lying and giving half-truths.
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
19185 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:36 pm to
quote:

It's because they oversign recruits and chase off the busts. They'll do anything to win. They openly pay for players. They cheat their asses off. They cheat their asses off. They cheat their asses off.


He mad; and an idiot, for that matter
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 7:20 pm to
Not sure what its like now, but Ohio state charged triple for in state tuition to what auburn did, maybe more, when I went to school. It was cheaper for out of state tuition at auburn than in state Ohio.

Also, I know a lot of the sec ad's do their accounting differently than osu. As far as taking from and for budgets in the ad and charging for certain things.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
81247 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 8:40 pm to
Those stats are BAD for the Big Ten. That means they use more student fees to support athletics than any other conference, with inferior results.
Posted by oklahogjr
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Member since Jan 2010
36779 posts
Posted on 5/7/13 at 11:14 pm to
quote:

Arkansas take millions out of their own institutional funding to cover athletics' costs

actually it's the other way around...
Posted by Sheetbend
Member since Apr 2013
1267 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 3:50 am to
quote:

America's third and fifth-poorest states use tax money to pay for, basically, college football.


When states like California have a debt over $600 billion, New York over $300 billion, and Illinois over $270 billion, how do you define poorest states?
Posted by Pigimus Prime
Arkansas
Member since Feb 2012
4090 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:08 am to
quote:

Are state or student funds used to support athletics?

No funds from the State of Arkansas go toward the University Athletic programs. Likewise, Athletics receives no student tuition or fees from the campus, with the exception of waiving non-resident tuition. The University Athletics programs are self-sufficient. They pay for all costs unique to their activities, including tuition and fees of scholarship student athletes.


This is from the Arkansas chancellor's FAQ on finances for the university. I wonder where these data come from?
Posted by Ldrake53
Member since Feb 2013
2171 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:33 am to
Bama athletics dept gives much more than it takes and Arkansas ' athletic capital projects are underwritten by donors, mostly Walmarks. LSU athletics Is in a class by itself though in terms of helping out academics.
Posted by Choctaw
Pumpin' Sunshine
Member since Jul 2007
77774 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:02 am to
quote:

Only LSU's athletic department is completely subsidy-free.


suck it, whores
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
21392 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 11:50 am to
Just read it and the comments, they are butthurt. They are very elitist, which in the end is their downfall and the decline of the states the represent the Big 10+1+1+1+1.
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