College Athletics Expenses and Profits Blog #6

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-chart-may-change-your-mind-about-paying-college-athletes-sports-chart-of-the-day-2013-5

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-colleges-student-fees-spt-0819-20140819-story.html#page=1

Rank	School	Revenue	Expenses	Profit
1	University of Texas (Football)	$93,942,815	$25,112,331	$68,830,484
2	Univ. of Georgia (Football)	$70,838,539	$18,308,654	$52,529,885
3	Penn State Univ. (Football)	$70,208,584	$19,780,939	$50,427,645
4	Univ. of Michigan (Football)	$63,189,417	$18,328,233	$44,861,184
5	Univ. of Florida (Football)	$68,715,750	$24,457,557	$44,258,193
6	Louisiana State Univ. (Football)	$68,819,806	$25,566,520	$43,253,286
7	Univ. of Alabama (Football)	$71,884,525	$31,118,134	$40,766,391
8	Univ. of Tennessee (Football)	$56,593,946	$17,357,345	$39,236,601
9	Auburn Univ. (Football)	$66,162,720	$27,911,713	$38,251,007
10	University of Oklahoma (Football)	$58,295,888	$20,150,769	$38,145,119
11	Univ. of South Carolina (Football)	$58,266,159	$22,794,211	$35,471,948
12	Notre Dame (Football)	$64,163,063	$29,490,788	$34,672,275
13	University of Nebraska (Football)	$49,928,228	$17,843,849	$32,084,379
14	Ohio State Univ. (Football)	$63,750,000	$31,763,036	$31,986,964
15	Univ. of Iowa (Football)	$45,854,764	$18,468,732	$27,386,032
16	Michigan State Univ. (Football)	$44,462,659	$17,468,458	$26,994,201
17	Univ. of Arkansas (Football)	$48,524,244	$22,005,104	$26,519,140
18	Texas A&M (Football)	$41,915,428	$16,599,798	$25,315,630
19	Univ. of Kentucky (Football)	$31,890,572	$13,905,724	$17,984,848
20	Oklahoma State (Football)	$32,787,498	$15,479,410	$17,308,088
21	University of Louisville (Basketball)	$25,890,003	$9,089,769	$16,800,234
22	Univ. of Wisconsin (Football)	$38,662,971	$22,041,491	$16,621,480
23	Univ. of Mississippi (Football)	$28,409,774	$11,920,510	$16,489,264
24	West Virginia University (Football)	$29,467,612	$14,330,236	$15,137,376
25	Univ. of Minnesota (Football)	$32,322,688	$17,433,699	$14,888,989
26	Virginia Tech (Football)	$31,155,870	$16,302,767	$14,853,103
27	Univ of Washington (Football)	$33,919,639	$19,207,560	$14,712,079
28	Clemson Univ. (Football)	$30,994,503	$16,305,528	$14,688,975
29	Duke (Basketball)	$26,667,056	$12,286,475	$14,380,581
30	Univ. of Illinois (Football)	$25,301,783	$11,092,122	$14,209,661
31	North Carolina (Basketball)	$20,551,168	$6,647,459	$13,903,709
32	University of Colorado (Football)	$26,233,929	$12,558,503	$13,675,426
33	Univ of Arizona (Basketball)	$19,285,038	$5,806,535	$13,478,503
34	Ohio St. (Basketball)	$16,190,723	$4,554,908	$11,635,815
35	University of Missouri (Football)	$25,378,066	$13,759,649	$11,618,417
36	North Carolina State (Football)	$22,018,738	$10,408,938	$11,609,800
37	Arizona State (Football)	$29,587,236	$17,977,987	$11,609,249
38	Texas Tech (Football)	$26,201,009	$14,688,382	$11,512,627
39	Univ of Oregon (Football)	$29,505,906	$18,071,012	$11,434,894
40	Univ of Arizona (Football)	$24,398,253	$13,685,931	$10,712,322
41	Syracuse University (Basketball)	$18,309,470	$8,086,376	$10,223,094
42	Wisconsin (Basketball)	$17,666,311	$7,539,418	$10,126,893
43	Illinois (Basketball)	$14,413,222	$4,980,589	$9,432,633
44	Georgia Tech (Football)	$24,870,064	$15,519,206	$9,350,858
45	Indiana Univ. (Football)	$21,783,185	$12,822,779	$8,960,406
46	Indiana (Basketball)	$16,570,158	$7,653,945	$8,916,213
47	Univ. of Arkansas (Basketball)	$15,515,830	$6,839,213	$8,676,617
48	Univ of Southern California (Football)	$29,080,117	$20,820,468	$8,259,649
49	Minnesota (Basketball)	$13,733,316	$5,692,149	$8,041,167
50	Michigan St. (Basketball)	$16,138,167	$8,250,450	$7,887,717

http://businessofcollegesports.com/2011/06/20/which-football-and-basketball-programs-produce-the-largest-profits/

The margin of profit that institutions make off of athletic programs is outstanding. The University of Texas has always been the prime winner, with nearly 70 million dollars in profit in 2009. That being said, colleges will do anything to protect their breadwinners, those being their student athletes and their respective programs.