I found this post on Twitter/X about how much each sport costs at the Power 5 level.
Here's the Department of Education site on Equity in Athletics. Just enter Stanford and after a couple of clicks you'll get to the data as of the fiscal year that ended 8/31/2023. There are four tabs across the top.
From my reading, it looks like the average P5 school spends: $44M for football (Stanford = $33M), $12.3M for men's basketball ($8M for Stanford) and $5.9M for women's basketball ($8M for Stanford...!). Lots of other interesting tidbits, such as - after removing the big 3 sports - women's sports revenue dominates men's at Stanford (which could be related to more women's sports than men's, but I'm too lazy to check).
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but it goes a long way to understanding the AD's priorities (assuming my reading is correct!).
Here's the Department of Education site on Equity in Athletics. Just enter Stanford and after a couple of clicks you'll get to the data as of the fiscal year that ended 8/31/2023. There are four tabs across the top.
From my reading, it looks like the average P5 school spends: $44M for football (Stanford = $33M), $12.3M for men's basketball ($8M for Stanford) and $5.9M for women's basketball ($8M for Stanford...!). Lots of other interesting tidbits, such as - after removing the big 3 sports - women's sports revenue dominates men's at Stanford (which could be related to more women's sports than men's, but I'm too lazy to check).
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but it goes a long way to understanding the AD's priorities (assuming my reading is correct!).
