how many college football teams actually make a profit?

Question

with rutgers trying to expand and add luxury boxes will it actually make more money or is it just an ego thing?

Answer 1

Most college football teams make money, however, the athletic departments of those colleges almost never do. Each sport in an athletic department gets a budget. Football gets the most in Div. 1 A because it brings in the most revenue and has to give more scholarships. The revenue and net income from football goes to pay for all the other sports such as swimming, tennis, golf, lacrosse, etc. At the end of the day, the athletic department's mission statement and overall goal is to provide that campus's community with most enjoyable college experience as possible. Therefore, most athletic department's goals are to balance the budget the college or University gives to them.

Also, the athletic department is one of the most crucial marketing tools of a University. How do we hear about most colleges? We grow up fans of a partcular college sports team and many end up going to that college. It's really win win for everyone except that the BCS is so flawed in college football (which is about money).

Answer 2

I would say most all football programs make money. The smaller schools (Div 1AA, II, III) may not or just break even. People look at the hugh revenues that football brings in - ticket sales, bowl games, luxury boxes, jersey sales, etc. - but what they don't see are the school's other athletic programs that may not make money (i.e. swimming, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, etc). The football revenue also has to compensate for these expenses as well. In all, the schools are doing very well. But other sports, athletic buildings, stadiums, other venues, scholarships, etc., take large amounts of money to operate and maintain. So don't look at football revenue as all profit.

Answer 3

Green dot took my exact answer. If college football programs didn't make the money they did, you'd have local college atheletes knocking on your door every day trying to sell things to you to support their teams. Someone's mom would be sewing uniforms, etc. The proceeds from college football pay for almost every other sport.

Answer 4

football funds the rest of the sports, thats played at colleges, plus all those games that people call cupcakes pay a big check to the little teams, thats why they r played, teams like fresno that will play anybody get paid very well , thats why u see teams play a team from their homestate everyyear to help out their programs and fund the sister schools

Answer 5

They make a lot of money. Imagine just the $40 / ticket with 40,000 tickets. That's $1.6 million. And that's a low number.

Think 70,000 and $60 each. $4.2 million. Per game.

And that's not even including the boxes.

Answer 6

It's an investment in their program. They have enough of a fan base to warrant it.
Penn State has 108,000 fans show up for games that aren't considered big games. Since so many have become accustomed to attending their games, they travel very well.

Answer 7

They don't have to pay the players. Just schoolarships. And some schools have 80 to 90 thousand fans per game. Also, tv and bowl games pay them millions.

Answer 8

every single one of them


keep in mind that the football programs usually earn enough money to fund about every other sports program that college has

Answer 9

They ALL make money. And LOTS of it.

The difference between pro and college is that college pretends they dont care about money.

Answer 10

If the Stadiums are full they are on T.V. they are making a profit Trust me they are .