How does anyone compete?
Spend like a champion
The Austin-American Stateman crunches the big numbers spent on UT Athletics. A must-read article, but here are a few highlights.
The University of Texas athletics department spends more than $100 million annually.
"Fewer than 10 out of more than 1,000 college athletic programs nationally make money or break even, according to [NCAA president Myles] Brand."
"At Big 12 rival Texas Tech University, four in every 10 dollars of the school's annual debt service goes to repay loans taken out to build or rehab sports facilities."
"The athletic department this year will pay $1.79 million--$450,000 for the football team alone--to tutor and assist Longhorn athletes with their classwork. That's up more than a quarter from two years ago and works out to $3,500 per student-athlete, in addition to the regular $8,000 annual cost of tuition."
"University of Texas spends about $1 million a year recruiting and flying star prospects to Austin."
"Each year, it gives various rewards to players and personnel — letter jackets and blankets, but also rings, watches, iPods and other swag earned for conference victories and championships. The gifts totalled $537,000 last year."
Spend like a champion
The Austin-American Stateman crunches the big numbers spent on UT Athletics. A must-read article, but here are a few highlights.
The University of Texas athletics department spends more than $100 million annually.
"Fewer than 10 out of more than 1,000 college athletic programs nationally make money or break even, according to [NCAA president Myles] Brand."
"At Big 12 rival Texas Tech University, four in every 10 dollars of the school's annual debt service goes to repay loans taken out to build or rehab sports facilities."
"The athletic department this year will pay $1.79 million--$450,000 for the football team alone--to tutor and assist Longhorn athletes with their classwork. That's up more than a quarter from two years ago and works out to $3,500 per student-athlete, in addition to the regular $8,000 annual cost of tuition."
"University of Texas spends about $1 million a year recruiting and flying star prospects to Austin."
"Each year, it gives various rewards to players and personnel — letter jackets and blankets, but also rings, watches, iPods and other swag earned for conference victories and championships. The gifts totalled $537,000 last year."
