A Weekly Video Blog for Northeastern University's Director of Athletics, Peter Roby.
Monday, March 12, 2012
In the latest installment of his weekly video blog, Northeastern athletic director Peter Roby discusses the revenue generated by the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and the distribution of those funds.
Roby talks about the vast size of the NCAA and the number of students participating across the association's three divisions. He notes that in addition to Division I men's basketball, 88 other championships are sponsored by the NCAA across all divisions. He explains that the NCAA membership is composed of 449 schools at the Division III level, 302 schools at the Division II level, and 344 member institutions at the Division I level, and that across all divisions, 444,000 students participate on 18,000 teams.
While the vast majority of NCAA revenue is generated through the Division I men's basketball championship, Roby comments that 96 percent of all money generated by the NCAA is returned to member schools in all three divisions. Only 4 percent of total revenue goes to the NCAA administrative office.
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