D-I HOCKEY FANS 🏒🎓
FY24 Season

Even though not a lot of schools have varsity hockey, check out how big the fan draw is at schools who do

Another thing I love about Hockey is how many D-II and D-III schools jump in with a D-I Hockey team

Here's the full list of all D-I teams:

HOW ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD IMPACT THE IVY LEAGUE 🎓🌿

One NCAA anti-trust lawsuit that's been quiet lately is trying to get rid of the #IvyLeague 's ban on athletic scholarships

What would that look like financially, in the unlikely event that it happened?

Here are

ALL DIVISION I CONFERENCES: 🎓💵
FY23 AVG + TOTAL BUDGETS OF MEMBERS

Since the latest Dept. of Ed. filings give us FY23 data for every school, we can compare ALL of the conferences for a broader picture of their member resources

(Sorry, academies are exempt, but others should

UPDATED SPORTS SPENDING DATA:
FY23 from Dept. of Ed 🎓💵

With the new data release, we just got FY23 info on the private schools for the first time, and there's a lot to unpack.

Here's CFB, MBB, the rest of the Olympic sports, and the total varsity athletes.

Any surprises? 🤔

FOR FELLOW DATA DORK FOLLOWERS:
(Others can ignore...)

Now that we have all three great sports finance databases released for FY 2023, check out the below as FYI...

For a range of reasons (and because accounting always loves to be annoying), schools often disclose slightly

As we worry about changing the college sports model at the FBS level, we also need to make sure there are solutions in place for small schools, too, where sports are arguably MORE important to the institution.

Check out how many students at D-III schools are varsity athletes:

Some pretty wild numbers here...

One of the great things about the data that just came out the other other day is that we don't just have FBS of D-I... We can also grab data on every college sports team at every level.

WHAT ARE WALK-ONS WORTH? 💰
FY23 New Min. Estimates

Walk-on athletes (who pay to attend) have very real financial benefits for the schools.

Using conservative assumptions, here's an update to our annual estimate of the min $ that each school's walk-ons are paying their schools:

TOTAL SPENDING BY SPORT 💵🏆
FY23 - Power Confs

Check out this look at total spending by sport among members of the four power conferences.

A lot to unpack, but especially clear what drives the bus...

WHO TAKES SOCCER MOST SERIOUSLY? 🎓⚽️
Biggest FY23 Men's Soccer Budgets

Which schools love soccer the most?
The biggest spenders are mostly in the #ACC (led by #Cuse + #Clemson ) or in the #B1G

Here are the biggest spending teams last year + their avg. crowd size from this year:

AVG. ATHLETIC DEPT. SPENDING GROWTH
2004-23 - Inflation adjusted to $2023

With all the talk of inflation issues, check out the below, which adjusts historical spending to 2023 dollars to see how much it's grown over the past two decades

It looks like schools are fully out of

Thought you guys would find this interesting...

Here's the total 'by sport' spending (both M+W) for all of the FBS schools added together:

The great folks from the Dept. of Education finally released their full data yesterday, so we have lots of fun new info to check out...

LATEST ATHLETIC DEPT. BUDGETS 💵

We're still waiting for the full data downloads from the Dept of Ed, but we can now fill in the private school gaps for a better picture on FY23 finances

Many increases, and much normalization, but the next two years will flip it all on its head

Hahaha...
That's how Presidents + ADs know that I can keep their secrets and won't rat out the things they tell me...
😜🕵️

DO STUDENTS STAY LOCAL OR GO TO COLLEGE OUT OF STATE 🎓🗺️
FY23 Freshmen, by State

Check out this breakdown of all NCAA members schools' incoming freshmen by state:

A lot fewer students leave their home states than many would guess (which gets magnified in non-NCAA schools, too)