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The Alabama Athletic Budget. by TWO

Pretty good read about the $$ side of an elite level football program.

-- Of the $164 million in revenue, 59.8 percent came from football. The only other profitable program was men’s basketball with $66,921 more revenue than expenses.

-- The two biggest money makers: Media rights ($48 million) and ticket sales ($39.1 million).

-- The two biggest expenses: Coaching pay ($31.6 million) and administrative/support staff pay ($32.1 million). Student athletic aid totaled $18.1 million.

-- Of note, the football team counted just 79.5 scholarship players -- below the 85 allowed by the NCAA.

-- There were 99 football players who received athletic aid with each receiving an average of $54,041. The men’s basketball team, for comparison, averaged $49,912 per athlete with 13 receiving aid.