We’ve learned that only football and men’s basketball at OSU consistently bring in more revenues than expenses, and therefore, the sports generate a “profit” and that baseball is consistently near the break-even point. This article profiles the financial health of the top four women’s sports programs in terms of revenue generation and expenses, and trends in these programs over time. Future articles will present similar profiles for other OSU sports programs.
The graphics below shows the competition-related revenues and expenses for the top four OSU’s women’s sports programs from FY 2001 to FY 2013. The revenues charted below include ticket sales, media revenue, etc., but not donations as they are a part of non-competition revenues. Expenses shown below include game costs, travel, staff salaries, etc., but not facility construction or construction debt costs. As a reminder, OSU’s fiscal year begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th, thus FY 2001 started on July 1st 2000 and ended on June 30th 2001.
