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UCLA athletics $18.9 million deficit in FY 19

Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:20 pm
Posted by LSUMJ
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:20 pm
First loss since 2004

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Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:23 pm to
I blame Chip Kelly
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:37 pm to
After seeing the income statement breakdown by sports I’m shocked that elite football coaches don’t make 25 million a year. If your football team sucks you’re going to struggle to cover all of the handouts on campus, particularly if you’re not in a conference like the SEC with revenue sharing and huge tv deals.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 1:38 pm
Posted by TT9
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Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:53 pm to
Yikes, in the hole just like Tennessee is.

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TENNESSEE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT REPORTS BUDGET DEFICIT OF NEARLY $6.5 MILLION




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This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 8:44 am
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:54 pm to
Kelly milking them for some retirement bank. It's fun to watch.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:58 pm to
How did athletics departments balance the books when the tv contracts weren’t so massive?
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:59 pm to
That’s chaos
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:04 pm to
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How did athletics departments balance the books when the tv contracts weren’t so massive?


We hired guys like Curly Hallman and Gerry Dinardo. We paid assistant coaches just a little more than high school coaches.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:12 pm to
It's because they pay for every imaginable sport known to mankind, it's also why they have more National Titles than any other school.

Title IX is killing them financially.
Posted by saintsfan22
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:13 pm to
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Larry Scott is killing them financially.


Men's soccer, M/W water polo, and rowing are their extra teams. Not bringing in any money but not exactly huge spenders. Ucla is cheap with facilities so that probably covers those 4 programs alone.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 2:20 pm
Posted by mays
Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:31 pm to
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It's because they pay for every imaginable sport known to mankind, it's also why they have more National Titles than any other school.

Title IX is killing them financially.


Or they've changed coaches in both major sports which has cost more than $16 million. They cannot sell seats in football or basketball: In 2010 they sold $25 million in tickets - now it's $17 million.

They have increased their spending on food for athletes by $4 million in 3 years.
Posted by GeauxBayouBengals
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:32 pm to
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Men's soccer, M/W water polo, and rowing are their extra teams.
Training horses to swim and buying those boats ain’t cheap though.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:21 pm to
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How did athletics departments balance the books when the tv contracts weren’t so massive?


Salaries and expenses were much smaller
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:26 pm to
The school is in Bel Air. Why the problem UCLA??????

USC is basically in the worst part of LA,they seem to be doing fine.
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 4:26 pm to
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How did athletics departments balance the books when the tv contracts weren’t so massive?


UCLA and the PAC12 spend a ton of money on Olympic and women’s sports. These sports don’t generate much revenue, but they cost a lot, especially when the teams travel all over the country for both regular season and post-season competition.

Conference realignment and super conferences have also increased travel budgets for schools. It used to be a lot cheaper to hop on a bus and drive from Tuscaloosa to Starkville for a double-header baseball game. Now there’s also a softball team that has to fly from Columbia, SC to Columbia, Missouri and stay in a hotel for a couple of nights.

Most schools have eliminated some of these sports because of cost and requirements of Title IX. The PAC-12 prides itself on the quality of their second tier sports.

UCLA has 14 Women’s sports. Teams in the SEC have only 10 or 11.

Coaches salaries, support personnel, and facility upgrades have exploded across college athletics. Schools are quickly spending the extra revenue TV is generating.

The PAC-12 doesn’t generate nearly as much revenue from TV and Football ticket sales as the SEC or B10.

Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
20445 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 4:32 pm to
Sounds like Title IX doin' work out west.
Posted by Buckeye Backer
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
9482 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 5:07 pm to
Simple product of too many sports and title IX. UCLA should be cutting sports but we know California only knows one way out of deficits. Expect tuition increases at UCLA...aka “raising taxes”.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 5:08 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
28177 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 5:09 pm to
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Title IX is killing them financially


Along with coaches salaries and facility upgrades.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
79353 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 5:11 pm to
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Conference realignment and super conferences have also increased travel budgets for schools. It used to be a lot cheaper to hop on a bus and drive from Tuscaloosa to Starkville for a double-header baseball game.

UCLA men's and women's water polo left the state once each during their season. Rowing will go to the east coast once and once to Vegas. The sports they have that most others don't, don't travel all over the country because of the majority of the schools participating in that sport are right around them.
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Coaches salaries, support personnel, and facility upgrades have exploded across college athletics.

UCLA's multiple national title winning softball coach makes bottom of the SEC money. Their stadium is a dump. It's an even larger disparity in baseball.


It's the first loss since 2004, a year when they were also still paying out to newly fired basketball and football coaches.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 5:26 pm
Posted by Buckeye Backer
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
9482 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 5:14 pm to
Facitlty upgrades are an investment for universities though. Paying salaries of non revenue generating women sports are not.
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