CFB Most Valuable Teams -- Michigan up to #2

Some of these numbers are really surprising. Sparty football is worth more (by a hair) than Ohio football?

I guess we need our own televison network. Get on that, Dave Brandon. 

A 28% increase is leaving me in disbelief. The next closest jump is 13% and that was done by Wisconsin. Dave Brandon might be the most business savoy AD there is.

little brother is about half Michigan's age?

Michigan's value was estimated at $120 million, with football revenue of $85 million, and Michigan State was at $64 million in value and $50 million in football revenue.

heh-heh

Thanks, Dave

Here's a related question:

If you could buy a internet channel that streamed all Michigan Fball games, basketball games, and included non-profit games, how much would you pay for it?

I would probably go $10ish. And if I can get FSN for $10 and ESPN for $20, then I'd say "eff off" to cable and convert completely to Netlfix. That would be a glorious day.

$47 for the channels I really watch + Netlfix = me a happy consumer. Let's go DB, use your crazy-ass money grubbing and be the first to jump on this ship.

Need MOAR money!

I honestly don't know how Ohio is so low. I would think they would be a lot higher but who cares...not DB

if it meant not having closets full of "alternate" or "special" new uniforms.  That said, you have to admit that Brandon is executing on the goals that he has been given.  Hopefully, sitting at or near the top of the heap can give him the chance to think about where all of his bells and whistles will lead the program on a long-term basis.

They did this same valuation last year, except I think they used a two-year period for growth instead of one year as in this one. I actually still had a link to it, so I went through the data for both.

In the 2011 valuation, Michigan was at $94 million, having grown 15% over 2009 and 2010, and now, we're at $120 million with a 28% increase in value. The value of the Wolverine football team has grown by a third in 3 years. That's not a bad performance for an athletic department.

In the Big Ten, Nebraska has recovered some - they took a beating to the tune of 18% in the final two years of their Big 12 life, but have begin to creep upwards in value again. The biggest hits in the Big Ten are not shocking - Penn State and Ohio State - although Ohio State was nursing decreased valuation before last season, interestingly enough, whereas Penn State was pretty stagnant.

"The loss of a home game especially hurts Notre Dame’s value because the team’s fans are unrivaled when it comes to traveling and paying to watch their team play."

Really?  I remember that sea-of-red taking over ND stadium.

With respect to deriving any meaning out of Ohio State's spot, the analysis here is deeply flawed. Ohio State does not make public their revenue from things like apparel sales.

I loved the teams that are losing money..  Minn, Ind, Pur, and generally the rest of the dumpster teams in the B1G were all in the top 10

What do you expect when idiots buy all 8 different uniforms we've had lately

Forbes is generally terrible at generating lists and this one is no exception. 

Thought this was kind of neat until I read their definition of value. They add in an estimate each program might bring into the local economy for each home game. In Texas case they estimate 40k fans bring in 10 million of value per game. That seems extremely high

What's so great about this metric? It's all about extracting $$$ from the fans and possibly local economies. This is college football ferchristsakes.

Maybe these numbers are good if you're an AD or coach and want to justify a ridiculously high salary.

The guy doing the valuation clearly has no idea how finance works. College football revenues have been growing at a very steady clip, the profit margins are fat, and there is no tax burden. Yet this guy puts a 1.4x sales multiple on Michigan, or a 2x earnings multiple? I'd like to buy stocks from this guy, they'd be dirt cheap! I'd think an earnings multple of 10 would be a lot more realistic, putting Michigan's value at more like $650 million.