09-14-2022, 11:46 PM
(09-14-2022, 11:24 PM)chrisk Wrote: Can somebody anylyze Stanford athletics financial numbers to determine how much football is currently subsidizing other sports?
Given the bloated cost of the football program and the limitations of Pac-12 revenue distributions, contributions may be more significant in supporting the non-revenue sports than football. Given the prowess of the Stanford fund-raising machine, it is not out of the question that Stanford could continue Olympic sports at a high level without the football contribution.
I don't have the numbers but I'd be surprised if football is profitable. Same for men's basketball. I'd guess that women's basketball is the only sport that pays for itself these days.
