Money Well Spent
USC spent $17.2 million on football last year, most in the Pac-10. Washington was second with $15.1 million.
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USC spent $17.2 million on football last year, most in the Pac-10. Washington was second with $15.1 million.
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I really think that the how much did USC FB bring in also needs to be stated as well
So it spent $1.42M per win while UW spent about $7.5M per win.. did they have two wins???
Posted by: TrojanHorse | November 28, 2006 10:03 AM
Huskies 2nd? That's money NOT well spent then...
Posted by: coffeeman | November 28, 2006 10:52 AM
This leads to the next question.
How much does Oregon State spend on its football team that beat USC?
Posted by: Displaced Trojan | November 28, 2006 12:41 PM
And their return on investment was???
Money well spent.
Posted by: roger | November 28, 2006 12:42 PM
That investment brought in a lot more money that supports all the other athletic departments.
Posted by: Michael R. | November 28, 2006 12:51 PM
Okay, so? What was USC's profit margin in comparison to other PAC-10 schools? That's the more relevant statistic. You've got to spend money to make money.
Posted by: Jason | November 28, 2006 02:19 PM
It looks like Willingham is moving and shaking his program and has it poised to make something out of his investment next season.
Posted by: Robert Larios | November 28, 2006 02:45 PM
...And our football income was???
Posted by: LarryR | November 28, 2006 03:22 PM
With six sellouts last year it cost approximately $32 per ticket to cover the $17.2 millon. And I am sure the rest of the money is going into the other sport programs and possibly developing new division 1 programs such as softball, field hockey, and ice hockey.
Posted by: tonycal | November 28, 2006 04:36 PM
What did UCLA spend? $99.00?
Posted by: George Cooper | November 28, 2006 05:31 PM
Let's hear it for Title 9!
Posted by: LarryR | November 29, 2006 10:13 AM
Dear Mike Garrett:
2 Questions:
1. Where does an 800 pound Gorilla sleep?
AnyWHERE he wants.
2. How much should you pay Pete Carroll?
WHATEVER he wants. Period. And definitely more than Charlie Weis.
Posted by: SoCalMAB | November 29, 2006 10:41 AM
Think about more than just ticket costs...my gosh! I'm sure we get a cut of concessions, the bookstore sells merchandise out the wazoo around the stadium, there's the television and radio contracts, the licensing fees for use of USC logos alone is due in large part to the success of the football program. The income that could be attributed to the football program is likely 3-4 times our investment.
Thanks, Pete!!!
Posted by: Trojan4Life | November 29, 2006 10:42 AM
What is greater the sale of Bush and Leinhart jerseys or 17.2 Million?
Posted by: JJH4USC | November 29, 2006 04:17 PM
The football team's costs last year came to $17.2 million and the team generated $28 million. However, the athletic department's budget came out to $65 million.
So the football team is hardly bankrolling all the other sports or paying the bills of all the athletic department's staff.
Posted by: SummerN | November 29, 2006 08:02 PM
JJH4USC,
Perhaps when you think about all of the licensing agreements USC has allowing companies to market merchandise with USC registered trademarks on them we can talk...it's definitely in the multi-million dollar arena.
Think big picture
Posted by: Trojan4Life | November 29, 2006 08:41 PM
I would guess that P10 football allocations from the Bowl Games are close to 3M right there, knock out the expenses for the bowl games which are reimbursed and you get even more
Posted by: TrojanHorse | November 30, 2006 02:26 AM