Texas A&M most valuable college football program

[BFo8]

Per Forbes Magazine the Aggies have taken over the top spot (based on estimated profits and revenue) from Texas. The top 5 were:

Texas A&M
Texas
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio St

I only bring this up in response to SMF saying a while back that PSU could easily match or beat any A&M offer for Franklin when this was rumored last year. My point was almost all these coaches are in the game for the money and the challenge. Had Texas A&M wanted Franklin they could’ve had him.

 

[CrazyPaco]

Per Forbes Magazine the Aggies have taken over the top spot (based on estimated profits and revenue) from Texas. The top 5 were:

Texas A&M
Texas
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio St

I only bring this up in response to SMF saying a while back that PSU could easily match or beat any A&M offer for Franklin when this was rumored last year. My point was almost all these coaches are in the game for the money and the challenge. Had Texas A&M wanted Franklin they could’ve had him.

You have to take these Forbes Magazine "rankings" with a grain of salt.

 

[Pizzaboy1]

A.M.s value went up when Jimbo arrived. All he has to do is get Rich Rod as OC and the value will go up again!

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Per Forbes Magazine the Aggies have taken over the top spot (based on estimated profits and revenue) from Texas. The top 5 were:

Texas A&M
Texas
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio St

I only bring this up in response to SMF saying a while back that PSU could easily match or beat any A&M offer for Franklin when this was rumored last year. My point was almost all these coaches are in the game for the money and the challenge. Had Texas A&M wanted Franklin they could’ve had him.

PSU would match or beat any offer A&M or the NFL can make. If someone offers him $7 million per year, they arent going to let him walk for that.

 

[paulbl99]

Those rankings make sense.

UT...talk about flops. Sitting on billion$ , The State U, in a great city , with access to FB talent like leaves falling off trees....That Houston to NOLA coastal strip is stacked with players.

UT realistically sb top 20 every yr , in the hunt for a playoff spot every couple and should have won a NC in the past 10.

Yet they go out and lose to Maryland.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Per Forbes Magazine the Aggies have taken over the top spot (based on estimated profits and revenue) from Texas. The top 5 were:

Texas A&M
Texas
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio St

I only bring this up in response to SMF saying a while back that PSU could easily match or beat any A&M offer for Franklin when this was rumored last year. My point was almost all these coaches are in the game for the money and the challenge. Had Texas A&M wanted Franklin they could’ve had him.

You have to take these Forbes Magazine "rankings" with a grain of salt.

The method for these rankings is if these were pro franchises and went on the market tomorrow, how much would they be worth. Takes a lot into account like market size, ticket sales, merchandising, etc.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

The methodology is questionable but A&M does have the second biggest yearly revenue in college football after Texas (which has its own network). It's incredible the amount of resources they have poured into football over the years, the amount of talent they have in their region, the amount of fans that attend their games, and the relative little they have to show for it. At some point though I do think they will buy more wins.

 

[Pitt1992]

their biggest problem is they recruit top QB's but they always have a new starting QB every year, no continuity, and they are usually always freshman

 

[djbpitt]

Per Forbes Magazine the Aggies have taken over the top spot (based on estimated profits and revenue) from Texas. The top 5 were:

Texas A&M
Texas
Michigan
Alabama
Ohio St

I only bring this up in response to SMF saying a while back that PSU could easily match or beat any A&M offer for Franklin when this was rumored last year. My point was almost all these coaches are in the game for the money and the challenge. Had Texas A&M wanted Franklin they could’ve had him.

If you think Pitt is inept sometimes, 40 percent of that group can't win big -- even with every imaginable financial and fan support advantage.

 

[Adrift]

Did anyone here actually read the article? The revenue is NOT a projection. It's based on an average of the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons. The revenue numbers INCLUDE donations. A&M had a capital campaign during this time frame in order to raise money for the rebuild of their football stadium. It was a one time event.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Did anyone here actually read the article? The revenue is NOT a projection. It's based on an average of the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons. The revenue numbers INCLUDE donations. A&M had a capital campaign during this time frame in order to raise money for the rebuild of their football stadium. It was a one time event.

Look back at the USA Today data year after year. A&M is always one of the best funded football programs in the country. It's amazing they can't win more.

e.g.:

It’s not a major surprise that Texas A&M’s athletic department reaped the NCAA’s highest total revenue for the 2014-15 fiscal year, at $192.6 million (source: USA TODAY Sports).

Generally speaking, the Aggies ($73 million uptick in revenue from 2013-14) enjoy advantages that few other schools/athletic departments can match, thanks to a three-pronged foundation of deep-pocketed donors, consistent varsity-sports success (the hoops team may have forged the greatest comeback in NCAA tournament history) and one of the nation’s highest main-campus enrollments (nearly 60,000 students in 2015).

Plus, from a football standpoint, Texas A&M resides in the country’s most successful and lucrative conference (the SEC earned $527.4 million for the 2014-15 school year); and Kyle Field’s massive renovation has improved the overall seating capacity to 102,000-plus — ranking in the top five nationally.

No, here’s the real shocker: For the 2014-15 fiscal year, Texas A&M had a reported surplus of $83.3 million — an absurd figure which nearly matched Clemson’s total-revenue tally during that span (roughly $83.5 million).

 

[Uh Clem]

Both Texas and Texas A&M benefit from huge investments in the Texas oil industry and to a large degree, much of their endowment benefits from this.

 

[McKee Place]

PSU would match or beat any offer A&M or the NFL can make. If someone offers him $7 million per year, they arent going to let him walk for that.

Some folks forget that their alums control the state legislature, and football is A1, through to Z9 for that matter. Money would be 'found' to shift their way if it really got painful. Just like you can be sure the bulk of Sandusky victim payouts were made at the sacrifice of bridge repair or the like.

I would say that is totally true in umpteen other states for their beloved U's football teams as well (mostly the south, but we know the adage about the middle of PA).

 

[Saboteur]

Someone else can look this up but I'm fairly certain that A&M has the largest endowment of any public university in the US.