The cost of athletics

[Nevada Hoya]

Some interesting info about GU's sports teams:

General information Unit ID: 131496
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Number of Full-time Undergraduates : 5,973
37TH AND O ST NW Men : 2,814
WASHINGTON Women :3,159

Athletic Department information
Georgetown University Athletic Dept.
37TH AND O ST NW
WASHINGTON Reporting Year : 7/1/2003-6/30/2004
Reporting Official : John J. DeGioia
Title : PRESIDENT
Phone : [phone]
Sanctioning Body : NCAA Division I-AA

Athletics Participation
Number of Participants as of the day of the first scheduled contest Number of Participants Participating on a Second Team Number of Participants Participating on a Third Team Number of Participants Participating on a Fourth Team
Varsity Team Coed Teams checkmark Men's Teams Women's Teams Men's Teams Women's Teams Men's Teams Women's Teams Men's Teams Women's Teams
Baseball 35
Basketball 13 12
All Track Combined 34 28
Field Hockey 22 1 1
Football 93 4 2
Golf 15 9
Lacrosse 47 26 1
Rowing 95 80
Sailing 50
Soccer 26 22
Swimming and Diving 16 18
Tennis 10 8
Volleyball 13
Total Participants 384 288 5 1 2 1 0 0
Unduplicated Count of Participants 381 287

Operating Expenses Per Team
Men's Teams Women's Teams
Varsity Teams Participants (enter values from table A) Operating Expenses per Participant By Team Participants (enter values from table A) Operating Expenses per Participant By Team Total Operating Expenses
Baseball 35 $3,515 $123,027 $123,027
Basketball 13 $67,157 $873,046 12 $27,440 $329,279 $1,202,325
All Track Combined 34 $4,834 $164,362 28 $5,870 $164,364 $328,726
Field Hockey 22 $1,210 $26,613 $26,613
Football 93 $3,729 $346,756 $346,756
Golf 15 $3,281 $49,214 9 $7,523 $67,709 $116,923
Lacrosse 47 $2,346 $110,263 26 $4,490 $116,734 $226,997
Rowing 95 $1,198 $113,793 80 $1,422 $113,795 $227,588
Sailing $0 50 $1,282 $64,112 $64,112
Soccer 26 $5,533 $143,852 22 $3,537 $77,821 $221,673
Swimming and Diving 16 $2,263 $36,206 18 $2,012 $36,207 $72,413
Tennis 10 $1,560 $15,604 8 $2,106 $16,847 $32,451
Volleyball $0 13 $3,490 $45,375 $45,375
Total Operating Expenses 384 $1,976,123 288 $1,058,856 $3,034,979

[Nevada Hoya]

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[hoya4ever]

How old is this? Because judging from the student population it gives us "5,973" it has to have been at least 4 years. I am in the class of 2007 and every year since I have been here, it has been a couple hundred over 6K. Otherwise, really interesting stuff and a good way to put things into perspective. The "Coaches" tab on the bottom is also interesting...

[DanMcQ]

Date is from the 03-04 year.


Comparing money spent on Hoops and Total athletic budgets in the BE and ACC, the institutions seem to be all about the same, with spending in the range of $300-700K on the hoops teams (DOOK, of course, spends $1.5M on God's Hoop Team) and total institutional athletic spending around $2.5 - $4M annually. A huge state school like UNC spent $3.6M total compared to GU's $3M. This would seem to undermine the Benedict Arnold College AD's contention that it costs vastly more to do bidness with the good old boys. Both his school and UNC have no facility rental costs, unlike GU, so the crying poor routine doesn't wash IMO.