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05-27-2008, 01:13 PM
OSU Tops in Football Revenue!
One reason Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi says he has to try to raise about an additional $3 million each year in football is because Minnesota ranked ninth in the Big Ten in football revenue for the 2006 season (the most recent year such statistics are available), ahead of only Indiana and Northwestern. Ohio State was first in 2006 with $59,142,071, followed by Michigan ($50,982,629), Iowa ($45,335,026), Penn State ($44,014,052), Michigan State ($40,795,755), Wisconsin ($34,105,991), Purdue ($25,134,139), Illinois ($20,764,472), Minnesota ($17,390,376), Indiana ($17,033,871) and Northwestern ($15,513,675). ... There will be an extra charge for only 10,000 of the 50,000 seats in the new stadium, and 80 percent of that contribution is deductible on your income tax.
Season ticket prices for Gophers football will not be raised this year and, despite the improved record of Tubby Smith's Gophers basketball team last year, there will not be a rise in their ticket prices. A basketball season ticket will cost a little more because of more home games than were on last year's schedule. ... The price of Gophers hockey tickets will be raised $1.
The NCAA recently released the official basketball attendance numbers for the 2007-2008 season. The Gophers averaged 12,987 per game, the highest since the 1999-2000 season, when the average was 13,767. The Gophers trailed Big Ten-leading Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State.
One reason Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi says he has to try to raise about an additional $3 million each year in football is because Minnesota ranked ninth in the Big Ten in football revenue for the 2006 season (the most recent year such statistics are available), ahead of only Indiana and Northwestern. Ohio State was first in 2006 with $59,142,071, followed by Michigan ($50,982,629), Iowa ($45,335,026), Penn State ($44,014,052), Michigan State ($40,795,755), Wisconsin ($34,105,991), Purdue ($25,134,139), Illinois ($20,764,472), Minnesota ($17,390,376), Indiana ($17,033,871) and Northwestern ($15,513,675). ... There will be an extra charge for only 10,000 of the 50,000 seats in the new stadium, and 80 percent of that contribution is deductible on your income tax.
Season ticket prices for Gophers football will not be raised this year and, despite the improved record of Tubby Smith's Gophers basketball team last year, there will not be a rise in their ticket prices. A basketball season ticket will cost a little more because of more home games than were on last year's schedule. ... The price of Gophers hockey tickets will be raised $1.
The NCAA recently released the official basketball attendance numbers for the 2007-2008 season. The Gophers averaged 12,987 per game, the highest since the 1999-2000 season, when the average was 13,767. The Gophers trailed Big Ten-leading Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State.