🏒 College Hockey Revenue Trends (FY17–24)

Gopher ticket sales are down big

@umassamherst.bsky.social? Tripled revenue

Miami (OH)? Cut by more than half

Current champs Western Michigan? Under $500k 🤯

👰 Mascot Wedding Appearances

@sickoscommittee.org collected the data. We visualized it.

@michiganstatefb.bsky.social and @oregonduckfootball.bsky.social mascots cost ~$1500/hour.
Louisiana Monroe and Ace the Warhawk? $25.

What a time to be alive.

📊 Social Media Rankings

Which schools dominate in followers?

Spoiler: @ohiostatefb.bsky.social , @umichfootball.bsky.social , and @oregonduckfootball.bsky.social are huge—but Clemson and Colorado crack the top 11.

G5 rep? @BroncoSports leads, but @OregonState is right there.

Then I have to finish what I started last week, where I visualized the capacity of the highest ticket revenue public schools in Division I hockey. This week I expand the analysis, adding ALL DI hockey.

Here's the results:

Athletic directors have a lot of tough decisions, chief among them: how much 💵 to allocate to each sport?

Using the latest EADA data, here's the breakdown for this year's @ncaabaseball.bsky.social / softball World Series

Lastly, we put last weeks Division I Men's Ice Hockey 🏒 ticket sales in context by putting them alongside Football 🏈.

Thoughts?

We examine the impact of roster limits on the Ivy League conference, the only Division I conference (so far) to decide not to opt-in to the House settlement.

Why would they do that?

First, let's look at their roster data, based on data scraped from their website:

Lastly, we're back onto college hockey. Here is FY 2023's ticket sale revenue generated by DI Men's Ice Hockey programs:

Let's drill down. Many school's entire pool revenue is less than the cap, some it's a pittance of their budget. For those 25 schools where the $20.5 million cap is less than 22% of their pool revenue, exactly what % does it make up?

Next, we took a look at the salary cap. Institutions will spend $20.5 million next fall, a whole 22% of the average P5 "pool revenue" (consists of ticket sales, media rights, game guarantees, licensing/sponsorships/royalties). How does that cap look compared to school's revenue?

The schools with the most roster spots being removed changed dramatically. Suddenly, Ivy League schools are standing toe-to-toe with the top FBS programs along a metric.

This added to the number of male and female athletes facing a loss of roster spots, but disproportionately impacting men:

First, we added FCS schools to the analysis. This now shows the potential roster spot losses across DI:

The newest issue of NILnomics is live! In this week's issue, we break down:

🏃‍♂️Additional roster spot losses breakdown
💸 Look at salary caps vs pool revenue of schools
🏒 Ticket sales for DI men's hockey teams

As always, data and code are provided. Let's get into it!

This issue also includes a deep dive into the top 10 revenue-generating schools in college athletics.

But that’s not all—don’t miss our analysis of the 2024 Frozen Four teams. Trust me, the results will surprise you! 🏒💰

With thousands of athletes projected to lose roster spots, it’s worth asking: Which schools are hit hardest?

We tallied the numbers to show where the biggest drops are expected.

Here's the breakdown: 📉🏫

Breaking down lost roster spots is only part of the story. Each lost spot belongs to a team — and every team is classified as either men’s or women’s.

So, which side of college sports is most impacted by these cuts?

We dug into the data to find out. 📊👇

The House settlement could usher in major change, but a quiet clause on roster limits might disrupt the case. We have crunched the numbers no one else has to show you how many athletes are losing roster spots: