Expenses at College Softball

[dodgerblue]

Wow! I guess we're lucky nothing has come out of pocket and all gear, bats, gloves, uniforms etc. have been donated by sponsors.

[DDG]

I feel "lucky" now. At DD's D1 school, everything except the glove is covered. This includes, cleats, bats, all uniforms, several jackets ranging from heavy winter parkas to light pullover wind shirts, warm-up gear, batting gloves, all travel (hotels, airfare, meals), etc. The kids who work the camps even get paid for doing so. The school is not cheap to attend and they are fortunate to have one of the highest donation rates by their alumni.

[Midwest]

http://kaarme.com/College_Sports_Data_C ... State_List


The above is a web site my wife found a few weeks ago looking at colleges that have softball. Not sure how old it is but it gives the amount that each college puts towards its Softball program. It ranges from D1-D3. Not all school are on the list.
Our DD plays D3, we just have to pay for practice uniforms. She brings cleats & glove but gets a bat. All Travel expenses to Florida for 7 days are paid for, with a little help of some found raising by the players.

[Midwest]

List looks to be from 2010.

[hit4power]

Done - if I can figure out how to upload the chart.

The median program spends $143K per year meaning half the schools on the list spend LESS than that. I assume that doesn't count coaches salaries or scholarships. I couldnt find a single non D1 program above $500K or so.

[hit4power]

Crap - somebody help me - how do I upload a chart (.bmp) file?

[hit4power]

I think I got it figured out

[hit4power]

Here are the programs spending over $1MM per year:

University of Arkansas Main Campus 1,783,566
Ohio State University-Main Campus 1,719,447
University of Florida 1,556,252
Texas A & M University 1,472,365
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 1,459,112
Arizona State University 1,375,794
The University of Alabama 1,368,580
The University of Texas at Austin 1,368,086
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 1,341,684
University of California-Los Angeles 1,331,774
University of Georgia 1,319,570
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1,316,288
University of California-Berkeley 1,302,205
Syracuse University 1,277,248
The University of Tennessee 1,275,289
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 1,270,734
University of Notre Dame 1,254,985
Florida State University 1,236,200
Oregon State University 1,205,169
Baylor University 1,174,395
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1,171,973
Northwestern University 1,156,940
Stanford University 1,137,053
Auburn University Main Campus 1,131,594
University of Oregon 1,077,396
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1,072,782
University of Arizona 1,065,794
University of Wisconsin-Madison 1,051,060
Michigan State University 1,041,051
University of South Carolina-Columbia 1,024,011
The University of Texas at El Paso 1,005,321
University of Iowa 998,235

[jonriv]

Done - if I can figure out how to upload the chart.

The median program spends $143K per year meaning half the schools on the list spend LESS than that. I assume that doesn't count coaches salaries or scholarships. I couldnt find a single non D1 program above $500K or so.

I think it includes coach salaries- Big programs aside, most coaches do not make much. Div III they make very little

[hit4power]

Another interesting number is the sum of the spend of all the programs which comes to nearly $320 million. I would have to guess that the total spend on college football is at least 10x that or $30 Billion...