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09-18-2012, 09:07 PM
When you have money to burn to become more successful then burn it. Check this out.
UK FOOTBALL:
Revenue: $27.6 million
Expenses: $9.5 million
Profit: $18.1 million
That is a tremendous profit for a program that last season did not even make a Bowl game. UK basketball, the most successful program in America, doesn’t even generate such a profit:
UK BASKETBALL:
Revenue: $20.8 million
Expenses: $12.6 million
Profit: $8.2 million
Every other sport besides these two lose money at Kentucky. And it is thus clear that Kentucky’s Athletics program as a whole requires significant revenue generated by football. But how much of that money generated is invested back in the program? Johns goes on to look at the increase in money generated by UK football over the last 4 years:
UK FOOTBALL REVENUE:
2008-2009: $20 million
2012-2013: $29.6 million
UK FOOTBALL:
Revenue: $27.6 million
Expenses: $9.5 million
Profit: $18.1 million
That is a tremendous profit for a program that last season did not even make a Bowl game. UK basketball, the most successful program in America, doesn’t even generate such a profit:
UK BASKETBALL:
Revenue: $20.8 million
Expenses: $12.6 million
Profit: $8.2 million
Every other sport besides these two lose money at Kentucky. And it is thus clear that Kentucky’s Athletics program as a whole requires significant revenue generated by football. But how much of that money generated is invested back in the program? Johns goes on to look at the increase in money generated by UK football over the last 4 years:
UK FOOTBALL REVENUE:
2008-2009: $20 million
2012-2013: $29.6 million
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Western Kentucky 32 - Kentucky 31 (OT) - by Strikeout King - 09-15-2012, 10:34 PM
Western Kentucky 32 - Kentucky 31 (OT) - by Strikeout King - 09-15-2012, 10:34 PM
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