Tag Archive | "financials"

On the Cheap: NC State’s Athletic Budget vs. the ACC

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Sometimes it helps to see things in black and white, spreadsheet style.  From Forbes.com, here’s a listing of ACC school athletic department budgets and the salaries of each Athletic Director: ================= ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ================= --------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic [...]

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Holland on Money Matters

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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I wish this one could be bronzed for the ages. Terry Holland in October 27, 2008’s The Sporting News The administration, with $100 million or more recently invested in facilities and a $50 million annual budget, cannot afford to keep a coach who is not producing a return on that investment. If donors and season-ticket purchasers vote [...]

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The Don of Donations (must read)

Friday, September 19, 2008

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Out of all fundraisers in college athletics, the Wall Street Journal chose our very own Bobby Purcell to feature in this article. Some may be surprised that there wasn’t a single mention of Lee Fowler and others probably wonder how Bobby can raise so much money since NC State has such “bad” fans. Maybe the [...]

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ESPN signs 15-year, 2 Billion deal with SEC

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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The Southeastern Conference has signed a 15-year deal with ESPN reportedly worth more than $2 billion to televise sporting events, including football and men’s and women’s basketball. The deal will end the SEC’s affiliation with Raycom Sports, which has aired basketball since 1986 and SEC football since 1992.

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ACC Expansion Revenue Comparison

Monday, July 14, 2008

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The ACC hasn’t gotten appreciably richer than any other conference lately. ACC membership is the best thing to happen to Virginia Tech since Frank Beamer. Boston College is another big winner. Miami will have to get used to smaller payoffs for success in return for revenue certainty. Please note – the information contained in this chart [...]

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Money Keeps Growing for the ACC

Friday, June 20, 2008

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We have so many new readers coming to SFN every day that many of you have missed some of the great entries of the past. Back around Christmas – when site traffic is also organically low – LRM ran a fantastic analysis of ACC expansion. We wanted to highlight it today for everyone [...]

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Forbes: The Most Valuable College Basketball Teams (Updated 4pm)

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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Note: Introductory Message for our new visitors – SFN Celebrates New Year with NC State Magazine Feature Forbes has come out with a great piece that effectively ranks college basktball programs by “value” that is primarily derived from operating financials from last year. You need to realize that a major component of ‘value’ is the income [...]

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