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In fiscal year 2022, the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) earned $134.1 million in revenue – including $37.77 million in endowment payouts and nearly $40 million in broadcast and NCAA/Pac-12 cash flow – and incurred $145.6 million in expenses related to varsity sports – including $39.5 million in coach compensation and $30.51 million in scholarships.

If SMU would take their sports as seriously as Stanford, we wouldn't be in this mess. That says it all about our administration.

Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 46 consecutive years, starting in 1976–77 and continuing through 2021–22.

Stanford won 25 consecutive NACDA Directors' Cups, from 1994-95 through 2018–19, awarded annually to the most successful overall college sports program in the nation.

https://news.stanford.edu/report/2022/1 ... nment-nil/
See Stanford discussion about student athletics

"Including $37.77 million in endowment payouts and nearly $40 million in broadcast and NCAA/Pac-12 cash flow – and incurred $145.6 million in expenses related to varsity sports – including $39.5 million in coach compensation and $30.51 million in scholarships."

I'm not sure how much SMU draws from its endowment every year vs. the $38MM that Stanford drew. However, SMU has over $30MM less in broadcast and NCAA cash flow. Stanford football and hoops aren't exactly excelling.

In the Stanford article above, Boskin said students have repeatedly told him that student-athletes are a big part of their experience at Stanford. “ Our student-athletes live with the other students. They’re not separate dorms or fed separately like in a lot of other places … They’re an integral part of the Stanford experience of undergraduates.”

Per the SMU FY22 annual report $95 million was provided by the endowment.

IIRC Stanford has an athletics endowment aside from their regular endowment. Sports expenses are paid for by the the athletics endowment hence less impact on their other budget areas. Several years ago there were some comments about SMU establishing an athletic endowment. I think we got a re-seat instead.

If Stanford alumni ever decide to field a top-notch BB team via NIL, watch out

FB might be more challenging due to academic constraints, but with BB you can accomplish it with only 8 or 9 'student' athletes

72mustang1 wrote:Per the SMU FY22 annual report $95 million was provided by the endowment.

Good god no wonder our endowment isn’t growing.

CBpony wrote:

72mustang1 wrote:Per the SMU FY22 annual report $95 million was provided by the endowment.

Good god no wonder our endowment isn’t growing.

Pony up!