The NCAA News - Digest

November 18, 1996

• REVENUE/EXPENSE STUDY
• LIFE SKILLS -- Members have until December 2 to apply for CHAMPS program
• RESEARCH -- Revenue outpacing expenses for Division I institutions
• CONVENTION -- Official Notice mailed to membership November 15

REVENUE/EXPENSE STUDY

The latest study of revenues and expenses for NCAA Divisions I and II athletics programs shows that revenue is growing at a faster rate than expense in all three Division I subdivisions, as well as in Division II.

According to "Revenues and Expenses of Intercollegiate Athletics," revenue in Division I-A grew 14 percent from 1993 to 1995 while expense increased at a rate of 11 percent. Division I-AAA institutions showed the largest percentage gain in revenue over the period, 40 percent.

Figures such as the average number of sports, the average number of athletes and the average expense per athlete have been stable in Division I-A over the last two years. The average I-A program now sponsors 19 sports (up from 18), has 469 student-athletes (up from 453) and spends $31,000 on each student-athlete (up from $29,000).

LIFE SKILLS

Members have until December 2 to apply for CHAMPS program

Member institutions have until December 2 to submit an application for the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. Applications were sent October 22 to all member institutions not currently in the program.

Staff contact: Lori Hendricks.

RESEARCH

Revenue outpacing expenses for Division I institutions

Revenues are increasing at a faster rate than expenses for Divisions I and II institutions, according to NCAA research.

The research, entitled "Revenues and Expenses of Division I and II Intercollegiate Athletics Programs," shows that Division I-A is the only subdivision or division of the Associa-tion in which the average member operates at a profit. In 1995, the athletics program at the average Division I-A institution brought in approximately $15.5 million in revenue while spending approximately $14.3 million, an average profit of about $1.2 million. That compares to an average profit of $660,000 per institution in 1993, the last year surveyed.

However, that figure is subject to interpretation. If institutional support is removed as a revenue source, the average Division I-A program operates at a $237,000 deficit, compared to a $174,000 deficit in 1993.

The 92-page book, along with a similar publication for Division III, was mailed to the membership November 15.

For more information, see page 1 and the November 11 issue of The NCAA News.

Staff contact: Ursula R. Walsh.

CONVENTION

Official Notice mailed to membership November 15

The Official Notice to the 1997 NCAA Convention was mailed to the membership November 15.

The book contains 149 proposals and 14 amendments-to-amendments.

A total of 72 proposals -- two-thirds of them dealing with membership restructuring -- are scheduled for action on Presidential Agenda Day, which will occur January 13 this year. Nineteen proposals are sponsored or cosponsored by the Commission.

The Commission officers who serve on the executive committee made decisions about Presidential Agenda Day during an October 23 telephone conference. All of the proposals included in Presidential Agenda Day will be voted upon by roll call. The Convention is set for January 11-15 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Staff contacts: Stephen A. Mallonee (Legislation) and Louis J. Spry (Convention arrangements).