Tennessee Softball 2023

#8,851
#8,851
Harpethriverkid63 said:
Facts tell a different story. The only sport that was in the negative at Vandy was women’s golf and that was a paltry $2.00. TWO. The elimination of the athletic dept at Vandy hasn’t hurt it.
Click to expand...

I saw that site, and that’s complete BS. The sports at Vandy other than football or men’s basketball do not break even. Women’s lacrosse generating $1.9 million in revenue? No way. Now, if they want to say TV money from the conference covers these sports? That’s fine. But those sports at UT (which generates more of a following) don’t break even. That info can’t be correct. Plus, it’s a private institution, so I don’t believe those numbers are even released.

The old saying- it must be true if it’s on the internet.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Rixxx, chuckiepoo, volman128 and 1 other person
#8,855
#8,855
Here's a question.
When does UT go to turf infield in softball since other teams are starting to do it to cut down on rainout games
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#8,856
#8,856
VolGee4 said:
I saw that site, and that’s complete BS. The sports at Vandy other than football or men’s basketball do not break even. Women’s lacrosse generating $1.9 million in revenue? No way. Now, if they want to say TV money from the conference covers these sports? That’s fine. But those sports at UT (which generates more of a following) don’t break even. That info can’t be correct. Plus, it’s a private institution, so I don’t believe those numbers are even released.

The old saying- it must be true if it’s on the internet.
Click to expand...

Numbers are reported to the US Department of Education as required by the Equity In Athletics Disclosure act. Don’t hate the messenger. Many sports outside of Football and Basketball make money. What makes it difficult to actually access the numbers is that Vandy doesn’t disclose much of that info in regards to budget breakdown as public universities do.

Say what we want about their athletic programs, but they are fielding teams without an athletic department. That in itself is crazy.
 
#8,857
#8,857
Harpethriverkid63 said:
Numbers are reported to the US Department of Education as required by the Equity In Athletics Disclosure act. Don’t hate the messenger. Many sports outside of Football and Basketball make money. What makes it difficult to actually access the numbers is that Vandy doesn’t disclose much of that info in regards to budget breakdown as public universities do.

Say what we want about their athletic programs, but they are fielding teams without an athletic department. That in itself is crazy.
Click to expand...

Those teams outside football and men’s basketball do not break even. They just don’t. They don’t at UT either.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Volfaninfl2, volman128 and Tnphil
#8,859
#8,859
VolGee4 said:
Those teams outside football and men’s basketball do not break even. They just don’t. They don’t at UT either.
Click to expand...

Neither did our entire athletic department just a couple of years ago. Every school moves money around. Nature of the beast. Licensing agreements, sponsorships…more than just ticket sales. Some sports at some colleges just garner more attention than the big 3 of football and mens/womens basketball. It’s why some schools have given up their football programs that were losing money because that was the money pit.
 
#8,863
#8,863
Harpethriverkid63 said:
Numbers are reported to the US Department of Education as required by the Equity In Athletics Disclosure act. Don’t hate the messenger. Many sports outside of Football and Basketball make money. What makes it difficult to actually access the numbers is that Vandy doesn’t disclose much of that info in regards to budget breakdown as public universities do.

Say what we want about their athletic programs, but they are fielding teams without an athletic department. That in itself is crazy.
Click to expand...

You are confusing revenue generation with turning a profit. Any sport that charges admission, or sales concessions or takes donations can claim that they produce revenue. If that’s the standard you’re trying to use, then every sport at every school generates revenue. But what they do not do is turn a profit. Again, outside of football and men’s basketball, less than 10 sports in the entire country were revenue positive for their schools. That’s directly from the NCAA. None of them were at Vanderbilt.
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo, krichunaka, volinjax and 4 others
#8,865
#8,865
Harpethriverkid63 said:
Numbers are reported to the US Department of Education as required by the Equity In Athletics Disclosure act. Don’t hate the messenger. Many sports outside of Football and Basketball make money. What makes it difficult to actually access the numbers is that Vandy doesn’t disclose much of that info in regards to budget breakdown as public universities do.

Say what we want about their athletic programs, but they are fielding teams without an athletic department. That in itself is crazy.
Click to expand...

Accountants can get creative to make the numbers “work.” It probably involves apportioning the television and other general revenues in sufficient quantities to cover these smaller sports and show a small profit.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top