College football as a business

Very interesting post. College football is starting to look a lot like Major League Baseball.

FanBlogs: BCS Teams' Revenues and
Expenses

BCS Top Teams:

	Total Athletic	Football	Football	Net Football
School	Revenues	Revenues	Expenses	Contribution
Texas	$89.7M	$53.2M	$14.5M	$38.7M
Ohio State	89.7	51.8	25.7	26.1
Georgia	68.8	50.9	12.5	38.4
Notre Dame	57.6	41.8	15.1	26.7
Auburn	50.9	40.6	16.4	24.2
LSU	60.9	39.7	12.1	27.6
Penn State	60.8	33.2	10.7	22.5
USC	60.7	29.3	16.7	12.6
Virginia Tech	45.7	25.3	13.8	11.5
Florida State	39.0	18.3	9.1	9.2
Miami	39.8	17.2	10.7	6.5
West Virginia	35.9	17.2	11.3	5.9
Oregon	40.1	16.8	9.5	7.3

I was interested in how Oregon State stacked up.

The Equity In Athletics Disclosure Website

	Total Athletic	Football	Football	Net Football
School	Revenues	Revenues	Expenses	Contribution
Oregon State	$36.7M	$22.3M	$10.2M	$12.1M

There's some very interesting information in that website. I'd recommend taking a look for yourself. BTW, How did OSU make more money on football than the U of O? Must be the bowl game last year. How does Oregon make so much more money off of the other sports?