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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You've also stated that basketball makes more money than football and that there's no way MU gets a Big 10 invite.
You're almost as good at this as CoMoChief.
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You must have missed this article about profits for teams (basketball vs football). Here it is again.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/15/comm...sbiz/index.htm
That left Villanova with only a 38 percent profit margin, a bit below the combined 45 percent profit margin for the 64 tournament teams that report results (Air Force is exempt from reporting).
Together those schools had a combined $330.8 million in revenue during the 2004-05 school year, and $148.3 million in profits, even when including results from the 14 money-losing basketball programs involved in March Madness.
Based on those numbers, basketball is more of a sure money maker for schools than college football -- at least for the schools in the so-called six major conferences.
Really, I don't make stuff up. I swear...