xudash
03-21-2023, 02:41 PM
Borrowed from HLOH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHS1yxn-Kh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7MX-eX5FI
Some specifics:
1. Xavier overall AD Revenue = $38.6mm
2. Xavier AD Expenses = $16.07mm
3. The Big East Conference ranks FIRST in terms of average expense budget per school for MBB.
4. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all ACC schools save for Duke and UL.
5. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all B1G schools save for Sparty and Maryland.
6. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all Big XII schools save for .... nobody (Kansas has the largest budget at $15.5mm).
7. UC, Miami (OH), and VD total AD Revenue equal $60.5, $37.9, and $34 million, respectively (includes football)).
8. VD likes to talk a big game, but the data are as clear as can be: VD's MBB budget = $8.7mm (good for 8th place in the BE).
A few unrelated related thoughts / comments:
Georgetown has thrown a brick through the front window of the Big East Fraternity House's Camaraderie Room. Actually, it tossed 2 bricks into it: one was from robbing an in-conference program of its coach, and the other was as a result of escalating coaching salaries for the conference into the stratosphere - it is being reported that Cooley will be making $6mm per year in D.C.
Greg Christopher and Company have built and are continuing to improve a real machine on Victory Parkway. I'm sorry about the disruption that some of you have experienced or may experience as a result of the Cintas Center remodel. I hope it still all works out for you in the end. Overall, when it is all settled and finished, I trust the place and the experience will prove to be worth the process. Either way, Xavier athletics continues to move in the right direction in the face of increasing pressures. Imagine a new media agreement that could possibly double the existing $4mm+ gross take coupled with renewed success under Sean Miller.
The data in those two Youtube presentations are truly striking. One takeaway I have from them is the reasonable perception that football at a high level is very, very expensive. A lot of an AD's funding at the P5 level HAS to go towards supporting football in order to keep that flagship sport relevant for those schools. Go back up and look at our expense budget for basketball at $16.07mm. Indiana's budget = $15.87mm. The pessimist will argue that ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS DIFFER! I'm sorry, but the figures are just too close to one another to not be a valid comparison. Indiana is one example of a formidable competitor. I'm just attempting to point out that we appear to be capable of holding our own at this point and hopefully moving forward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHS1yxn-Kh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7MX-eX5FI
Some specifics:
1. Xavier overall AD Revenue = $38.6mm
2. Xavier AD Expenses = $16.07mm
3. The Big East Conference ranks FIRST in terms of average expense budget per school for MBB.
4. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all ACC schools save for Duke and UL.
5. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all B1G schools save for Sparty and Maryland.
6. Xavier's MBB budget is larger than all Big XII schools save for .... nobody (Kansas has the largest budget at $15.5mm).
7. UC, Miami (OH), and VD total AD Revenue equal $60.5, $37.9, and $34 million, respectively (includes football)).
8. VD likes to talk a big game, but the data are as clear as can be: VD's MBB budget = $8.7mm (good for 8th place in the BE).
A few unrelated related thoughts / comments:
Georgetown has thrown a brick through the front window of the Big East Fraternity House's Camaraderie Room. Actually, it tossed 2 bricks into it: one was from robbing an in-conference program of its coach, and the other was as a result of escalating coaching salaries for the conference into the stratosphere - it is being reported that Cooley will be making $6mm per year in D.C.
Greg Christopher and Company have built and are continuing to improve a real machine on Victory Parkway. I'm sorry about the disruption that some of you have experienced or may experience as a result of the Cintas Center remodel. I hope it still all works out for you in the end. Overall, when it is all settled and finished, I trust the place and the experience will prove to be worth the process. Either way, Xavier athletics continues to move in the right direction in the face of increasing pressures. Imagine a new media agreement that could possibly double the existing $4mm+ gross take coupled with renewed success under Sean Miller.
The data in those two Youtube presentations are truly striking. One takeaway I have from them is the reasonable perception that football at a high level is very, very expensive. A lot of an AD's funding at the P5 level HAS to go towards supporting football in order to keep that flagship sport relevant for those schools. Go back up and look at our expense budget for basketball at $16.07mm. Indiana's budget = $15.87mm. The pessimist will argue that ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS DIFFER! I'm sorry, but the figures are just too close to one another to not be a valid comparison. Indiana is one example of a formidable competitor. I'm just attempting to point out that we appear to be capable of holding our own at this point and hopefully moving forward.