The Ragin Truth,
My data is not wrong unless the NCAA has it's data wrong.
This link should take you to an NCAA report titled "2002-03 NCAA® REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF DIVISIONS I AND II INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS REPORT" in .pdf format. On pages 31 and 34, you will see where I got these graphs from.
"http://www.ncaa.org/library/research...d2_rev_exp.pdf
Only a handfull of women's basketball teams actually make money. Unless we become a national powerhouse and sell out the Cajundome for women's basketball games, our team will NEVER make money.
And with all due respect, making money off of football is a very possible and is also the very KEY to a successful atheltics program. With extra revenues from football, an athletic department is able to invest in other sports that lose money like women's basketball.
Finally, the women's budget and men's budget are not even close. You are correct. But in looking at the data that has been provided by yours truly, it is easy to see why it is so. If women's programs would actually be a potential source of revenue, I GUARANTEE you that the money dedicated to men's sports would be thrown into women's sports VERY quickly.
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