AAC Public School Athletic Expenditures

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From perspective of Lousville analyzing the performance of their AD-note these schools are significantly financed by student athletic fees SMU does not have access to. :

When judging Jurich’s performance and the money spent by the university, as well as the money spent on Jurich, this cost of being left on the outside looking in of the college sports major conference power structure is a key consideration.

In fact, in its first two years of play in the ACC, U of L has spent $10.6 million in university money on athletics (and another $4 million in student fees) – and yes, that’s too much.

But in the same time, UConn, after losing to U of L in the ACC sweepstakes, has spent $44.9 million in university money on athletics – plus $18.5 million in student fees. That’s worse than too much. It’s unsustainable.

Cincinnati, another urban institution that got left on the outside looking in, spent $25 million in university money on athletics in 2016, and spent $48 million in a two-year span -- and is carrying $140 million in athletic debt.



Go on down the line with U of L’s brethren who remain in the American Athletic Conference:
Houston spent $36.3 million in university money and $15 million in student fees on athletics in 2015 and ‘16
Memphis, $21.5 million in university money and $15 million in student fees
South Florida, only $11.4 million in university money but $33.8 million in student fees. A student taking 15 credit hours at USF will pay $227 per semester in athletic fees.
The costs for those institutions that didn’t ramp up and make a successful run at a major conference have been staggering. At UConn, university money and student fees have more than doubled since Jurich’s ACC work in 2012, and have gone from providing 27 percent of the athletic budget to 44.5 percent. At Cincinnati, the university and student burden has risen by $8.4 million and gone from providing 33 percent of the athletic revenue to 41 percent.


http://www.wdrb.com/story/36552728/craw ... and-future