B1G Revenue Doesn't Boost UMD Athletic Budget

By SHANNON GALLAGHER, Capital News Service

COLLEGE PARK, MD — In 2014, the University of Maryland and Rutgers University announced plans to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference and join the Big Ten, citing the long-term financial benefits as a major motivating factor.

A Capital News Service analysis of Big Ten schools’ athletic department finances found that Big Ten schools consistently generate more net revenue than other NCAA programs, while relying on significantly less in subsidies from state governments and university budgets to fund athletic programs. But Maryland and Rutgers, the analysis found, are exceptions.

Both schools remain very dependent on state and student subsidies to fund athletic programs. Here are four things you need to know about our analysis of data collected by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Huffington Post reports and USA Today.