UCLA 13th Most Valuable College Basketball Team

by bruinponcho on Mar 16, 2009 6:59 PM PDT Comment 10 comments

Came across this Forbes article that was very interesting detaling the value of the top 20 college basketball teams. UNC is the most valuable at $25.9 million. UCLA ranks 13th at $15.4 million.

I found this really interesting:

Athletic conferences receive annual payments from the NCAA's central basketball fund of more than $140 million based on the number of games their teams participate in during the NCAA tournament over a six-year rolling period. These payments, which are composed primarily by TV revenue, directly reward success on the court. The *UCLA Bruins' consecutive Final Four appearances the last three years, for instance, will generate close to $18 million through 2013 for the Pac-10 conference*, which will divvy up the money amongst its members. The Bruins' recent success has helped boost operating income 30% since 2006 and increase team value to $15.4 million.

So since we brought in $18 million for the Pac 10, shouldn't we be entitled to better roughing or at least some say in who the next commissioner is. In the world of business, money = voice.

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stupid editor

This was supposed to be bold

The UCLA Bruins’ consecutive Final Four appearances the last three years, for instance, will generate close to $18 million through 2013 for the Pac-10 conference, which will divvy up the money amongst its members.

by bruinponcho on Mar 16, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Surprising

This is a pretty shocking list. Duke rated blow Illinois and Arizona above us. I couldn’t get past that however as I take issue with sites that force the reader to visit about 20 pages for one article.

by bruin8uclap on Mar 16, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Here is the list

I know I hate those sites (one of the main reasons why foxsports website is terrible). Here are the top 20

based on what the basketball programs contribute to four important beneficiaries (in order of weight): (1) the value of contributions from the basketball program to the institution for academic purposes, including scholarships for basketball players; (2) the net profit generated by the basketball program retained by the athletic department; (3) the value contributed to conference peers via post-season tournament revenue; (4) estimated direct spending by visitors to the county attributable to home basketball games. Operating income figures listed are the team’s revenues less their operating expense.

1. UNC $25.9
2. Kentucky $25.4
3. Louisville 24.1
4. Indiana 22.3
5. Kansas 21.7
6. Arizona 21
7. Illinois 19.6
8. Duke 16.8
9. Maryland 16.7
10. Ohio State 16.1
11. Wisconsin $15.8
12. Syracuse $15.5
13. UCLA $15.4
14. Michigan State $15
15. Arkansas $14.4
16. UNLV $13.8
17. Xavier $13.1
18. NC State 12.8
19. Wake Forest $12.8
20. Pittsburgh $12.6

by bruinponcho on Mar 16, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey

thanks for doing that! Wisconsin above us!?!?!

by bruin8uclap on Mar 17, 2009 5:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Arizona

From what I understand is that Arizona doesn’t offer nearly as much student seating at the McKale Center as UCLA does in Pauley. Also, you have to realize that U of A basketball is the ONLY thing in Tucson.

by brand0n on Mar 17, 2009 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t agree that in this business, money = voice, because what are we going to do if they don’t listen to us? The money is generated for our conference because we are winners. It’s not like we can threaten to withhold the money, and the only way UCLA stops generating money for the conference is when they’re not winners anymore, and I, for one, do not want to see that happen.

by chenalex on Mar 16, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

college sports is a perverse form of business

I was saying that in the real business/corporate world, money = voice. Although in this instance you are right because the Pac 10 getting the money is the product of the deal that the NCAA has with the conferences/schools, in general college sports is big time business. Just look at college football with the BCS and the fact that college coaches are often the highest paid public employees in their state. The sad thing is that the people who actually make the product, the players, have no voice and are easily taken advantage of. A few years back Shane Battier and Mark Madsen tried to form a college athlete pseudo-union but the problem is that the careers are very short in college sports for the athletes to ever have a voice against the money hungry universities and institutions that benefit from them

by bruinponcho on Mar 16, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs