Alabama Trounces Everybody Else in Athletic Spending
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:36 pmhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features ... money-game
Off the field, the contest is even more lopsided. Clemson spent $24 million on football in 2015, more than 75 percent of top-tier football schools—and still less than half of the $51 million football budget at Alabama.
The Crimson Tide also earns more: Alabama’s football program brings in $97 million, more than twice what Clemson’s does—in fact, more than the South Carolina school’s entire athletics budget.
Off the field, the contest is even more lopsided. Clemson spent $24 million on football in 2015, more than 75 percent of top-tier football schools—and still less than half of the $51 million football budget at Alabama.
The Crimson Tide also earns more: Alabama’s football program brings in $97 million, more than twice what Clemson’s does—in fact, more than the South Carolina school’s entire athletics budget.