http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/
We made $12.95M in 2015, which, I believe, is the most we have made ever. A review of the chart shows that we are far below our peers, but it must be understood that many of our peers who are outside of Louisiana receive huge subsidies in the form of student fees that help to fund their programs. If the playing field were level, it would be scary to think where we would be as a program operating with a $23M budget. Be that as it may, I feel we should strive to achieve a $14M budget by 2020 in order to remain competitive at this level. Part of that can be achieved by an increased student fee, receipt of bowl revenue, receipt of NCAA tournament revenue, increase in broadcast revenue once the TV deal is renegotiated and increased marketing revenue due to more exposure in football and basketball.
We made $12.95M in 2015, which, I believe, is the most we have made ever. A review of the chart shows that we are far below our peers, but it must be understood that many of our peers who are outside of Louisiana receive huge subsidies in the form of student fees that help to fund their programs. If the playing field were level, it would be scary to think where we would be as a program operating with a $23M budget. Be that as it may, I feel we should strive to achieve a $14M budget by 2020 in order to remain competitive at this level. Part of that can be achieved by an increased student fee, receipt of bowl revenue, receipt of NCAA tournament revenue, increase in broadcast revenue once the TV deal is renegotiated and increased marketing revenue due to more exposure in football and basketball.
