UConn lost roughly $280,000 in football, according to the numbers. Only three BCS programs lost more…
How can UConn football lose money with an advertising deal with IMG that pays the school $7 million annually? And UConn, through apparel and merchandise sales, can almost count on another $2 million every year.
[The U Conn athletics director comments that] “[F]ootball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball is a tremendous source of pride for our university and the state of Connecticut and for 200,000 alumni….”
July 19th, 2010 at 1:56PM
New to “big time” football, less than great league, most major games on the road. Pretty high tuition, so athletic scholarships are nominally expensive. Real story may be that program is approaching break-even, notionally.