Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Athletic Excellence and Monetary Rewards

Average regular daily sales at Davidson College Bookstore before Sunday, March 23: $1,700. Daily sales at Davidson College Bookstore on Wednesday, March 26 (the first day “Sweet 16” t-shirts were available): $35,000.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Most Profitable NCAA Tournament Teams

According to figures filed with the Department of Education by each school, North Carolina's men's basketball program had revenue of $17.2 million during the 2006-07 school year, second only to the University of Louisville's $23.2 million among the 65 in this year's tournament. North Carolina's profit of $11.6 million is behind only Louisville's and Arizona's.

By comparison, the Mount, as it is known to its students and faculty, essentially broke even with revenue of $876,744 from it's men's basketball program. That makes it the tenth poorest school invited to March Madness this year.

Mississippi Valley State, with revenue of $233,036 had the lowest revenue from its men's program. It also lost $249,199 from its men's basketball program, is the poorest.

read the CNN article