Michigan no longer in top 10 most valuable programs

Well, here is my list

1. MICHIGAN

That is as long as my list gets.

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Now that's a good response.
I am with you.

The stadium project. I'm not sure how they get the profit numbers and all that but not only are there a few thousand more tickets we can't sell this year but we are spending some 200+ million on the stadium. I would expect to see a huge jump next year when we start selling out the boxes for $50,000 a piece. Sales are also probably down as far as Michigan gear because of the economy -> steve and berry's closed on state street and giving the in-stadium licensing to the "mgoblueshop" and taking it away from the local Mden stores.

Just doing some simple estimation here,

But there are 83 suits that they are adding to the stadium that sell for about $50,000+ each. I'm not sure how it all works out but in simple terms 83*$50,000 = 4,150,000 and that isn't taking into account the 3,000+ club seats they are adding. Just simply adding that to this year's total makes us the #8 team over the buckeyes. Also factor in that some of the suits go for more than $50,000. I don't think it's anything to be really concerned about.

that a lack of bowl cash affects the balance sheet. Which we'll hopefully rectify next year.

UM is investing in their stadium, creating a short-term "loss" of revenue. The revenue will increase again as soon as everything is finished. Also, a few more wins will either get the season ticket bandwagon-jumpers back or replace them with new, proud season ticket holders. Either way, it means more money.

Quite a few things have made me want to shed tears for the football team the last seven years, but their financial standing is not one of them.

If Michigan were a stock, I would buy it. The share price may be down now, but the right investments are being made for the program to grow in value in the near future.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/22/most-vaulable-college-football-teams-bu...

Not only does the program make money off of the tickets for the suites (around $50,000 per season per box), there is also the money from the leases/donations people have to make just to get them. Theres only a couple million dollars separating Florida at #6 from Michigan at #11.

But in the grand scheme of things the football programs monetary value is nothing compared to the money that flows into that institution from its endowment, tuition, research expenditures, hospital system, etc. If we can start beating Ohio State I don't really care what the monetary value of the program is. I wouldn't expect the donations to the football program to keep up with many of the others on that list considering our alumni donate so much to the academic realm of the university.

If somebody would just sell a Novak jersey M would be back in the top 10. Seriously, why can't they sell a Novak jersey?

uhhh has nobody else noticed that florida is number 6 and number 9? this would make us number 10. still top 10 although that means nothing

ND does pretty good by itself who would have thought :)

I'm not a numbers guy, and I'm sure the bean counters look at things like revenue, interest, and all that shit.

I think, from a philosophical point of view, UM is Top Ten in terms of everything that is important: Prestige, reputation, recognition, relevance (always a major topic of conversation), and aura (even if the aura could use a little cleansing right now--and NO that does not mean ZOMG! Fire Rich Rod!).

Look at the program: New state-or-the-art facilities (highest ceiling in the world at The Glick!), 110,000 fat Michigan asses crammed into six-inch wide seats every Saturday, every game on TV, beer 'n brats all over Ann Arbor during the season, and more pompous assholes than anywhere this side of the Ivy League.

Now when the American Auto industry finally dies and they bulldoze Detroit and start over, things outside of Ann Arbor will get better and better.

is how Florida is ranked twice in that list (sixth and ninth)... so we're actually still in the top ten.

will always be #1 in my book. We'll get back on that list eventually.

Let me guess Ohio State is number 1.

Once the 2010 football season starts we'll be back in the top 5.

No program can drop that much because of a couple bad seasons. If we have a couple good seasons in a row, we'll probably go back up to the top 3, but it's not real.

...And dropping. Pride comes before the fall.