Alabama Media Rights
I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but their $8 million salary to Saban looks like a bargain for them.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/25496418/study-how-the-big-ten-struggled-recruiting-against-power-5-conferences
Some excerpts:
Alabama's athletic department reported $35 million in media rights revenue for 2014-15, a new category the NCAA requires schools to identify on their annual financial report. To put that in perspective, Clemson -- the runner-up to Alabama in college football's championship game last season -- received $15.4 million for media rights.
To put it another way: If Alabama paid for every athletic scholarship from media rights money, it would still have $14.2 million left.
Alabama attributed $20 million of its media rights revenue to football, $7.4 million to men's basketball and $7.6 million not related to specific teams. Clemson attributed $11.5 million of its media rights revenue to football and $3.8 million to men's basketball. [Post edited by VTHOKIE21020 at 02/26/2016 3:40PM]
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Link: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/25496418/study-how-t
Posted: 02/26/2016 at 3:40PM