NCAA is a cash cow

The true measure of the financial strength of a school's athletic department isn't in the amount of revenues. It's the amount of revenue MINUS expenses.

This is where 2 SEC schools lead the nation in this: operating in the black.

Georgia has historically been one of the schools that nearly always operates in the black and by a wide margin. UGA is loaded with money in the bank over the years.

But, so is Texas A&M. Minus their expenses, their net was $65,413,805. Georgia's was $38,633,571.

Revenues for Texas were $214,830,647; however, after expenses, their net was only $7,808,324. Compare that to A&M.

No other schools on this list even came close to A&M and UGA, with A&M up there all by themselves.

Several schools are in the red, too, on this list.

All SEC schools were in the black with the exception of Missouri (-$4,961,400). Vanderbilt is a private school and, therefore, their accounting records are not privy to the public.

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1. Texas
2. Texas A&M

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Wow.

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The true measure of the financial strength of a school's athletic department isn't in the amount of revenues. It's the amount of revenue MINUS expenses.

This is where 2 SEC schools lead the nation in this: operating in the black.

Georgia has historically been one of the schools that nearly always operates in the black and by a wide margin. UGA is loaded with money in the bank over the years.

But, so is Texas A&M. Minus their expenses, their net was $65,413,805. Georgia's was $38,633,571.

Revenues for Texas were $214,830,647; however, after expenses, their net was only $7,808,324. Compare that to A&M.

No other schools on this list even came close to A&M and UGA, with A&M up there all by themselves.

Several schools are in the red, too, on this list.

All SEC schools were in the black with the exception of Missouri (-$4,961,400). Vanderbilt is a private school and, therefore, their accounting records are not privy to the public

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This post is stupid.

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They don't have the national following that the others on that list do. 

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Misinformed statement. The last 10 years Alabama is the most televised and most-watched CFB team according to tv ratings.

Alabama is consistently among the top 5 in collegiate merchandise sales.
Alabama is more of a national brand than Notre Dame and any other team in the SEC.

Poor Bama...poor whiny Bama. T'ain't #1 in revenues and money so we got'sda cries 'bout it.

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Revenues for Texas were $214,830,647; however, after expenses, their net was only $7,808,324. Compare that to A&M.

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You're completely ignorant about these financials, so allow me to educate you.

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While the report shows Texas A&M with about $147 million in operating expenses for 2017 — an apparent annual surplus of more than $65 million — it also shows the school with just under $67 million in athletics-related capital expenditures during the year.

When schools borrow money to build or refurbish athletics facilities, the NCAA currently requires them to count annual debt service payments — the amount of principal and interest they repay in a given year — as an operational expense. Cash spending on facilities is supposed to be counted, and reported, separately from annual operating expenses.

The Texas A&M athletics department’s chief financial officer, Jeff Toole, told USA TODAY Sports that when the facilities-related contributions are removed from consideration for 2017, “we are basically break-even, maybe a little less than break-even, for the year.”

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USA Today

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A true measure of the financial prowess IS revenue.

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I would never hire you as my financial guy. Net Income is way more important than revenues. I am the CFO of a nonprofit hospital and making a profit is an absolute essential. You have to pay off existing debt, and prepare for future expansion. Plus, add in the fact that most Universities don’t charge AD’s the costs of the scholarships they give. Carroway hospital in Birmingham had plenty of revenue even in their bad location. Now they no longer exist because they didn’t make a profit.

It's not profit. Read my first post (especially the bolded portion that directly addresses the numbers from the fiscal year in the OP).

You used the terms "revenues minus expenses" and "net."

That would heavily imply profit.

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I would never hire you as my financial guy. Net Income is way more important than revenues. I am the CFO of a nonprofit hospital and making a profit is an absolute essential. You have to pay off existing debt, and prepare for future expansion. Plus, add in the fact that most Universities don’t charge AD’s the costs of the scholarships they give. Carroway hospital in Birmingham had plenty of revenue even in their bad location. Now they no longer exist because they didn’t make a profit.

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Net income is important but if you can break even its a way to avoid paying taxes. Most companies want to break even because instead of giving your money to uncle sam you could get a new forklift or improve your company. That being said, its much more difficult to eat up profits when you have debt. Being a cash flow company is the way to be. No debt.