doshkris (1/31/2011 at 4:05 PM) Report ViolationOne Big Ten athletic department spoke with me about Big Ten Network revenues. They indicated that they do not attribute it to any sport, so none of that revenue is included in football revenue. It is, however, included under non-sport specific revenue, so the overall athletic department profit numbers do not change for the Big Ten. The athletic department I spoke with said they used to attribute broadcast revenue 65/35 between football and other sports but no longer do. They also gave me the total amount each Big Ten school received from the Big Ten Network during the reporting period I have covered, which was $14,911,477. Using their method of attributing 65% to football, that would be $9,692,460. I have added that amount to each school's football revenue total in the chart on my site. This is assuming that all Big Ten schools fail to attribute any Big Ten Network money to football. You can find the updated chart here:
http://www.kristidosh.com/2011/01/28/sec-and-big-ten-football-finances/. Only Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan outperform the top SEC teams, and as a whole the Big Ten only averages $369k more a year than the average SEC school using these new (still not definitively accurate) numbers.
