Article in New York Times. Link to article below. Top 30:
UH is last at #68. Here is #63-#68:
Based on what, based on who’s judgement? Another useless and dumb story.
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I think this is at least the third thread on this exact story.
When will it end? 
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It’s a never ending story.
Just like realignment!
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Keep in mind this value is prior to us receiving a full B12 share of revenue. We will make a +$25-$30M more this year as a result. That will directly improve our valuation. All these comps the past couple years on “value” and “budget” are not really accurate while we were getting only a partial rev share ($19M) the past 2 years in the Big 12. We are not at the top of the list but we are not at the bottom…
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And it’s also a made-up number.
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I’ve been told before that perception is reality.
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Also keep in mind that a lot of ACC schools will see their future revenue reduce as part of the league’s new performance based rev share model. All these types of lists will look a lot different in a few years.
Looking at the list in macro, if there is a correlation between valuation and competitiveness, UH has a long way to go. We can debate the numbers but don’t let the overall message get lost.
One thing I’ve learned is that I can’t trust anything related to the NY Times anymore. Friends in NYC tell me that there is a lot more pay for print articles in the NYT than ever.
The standing NYT joke:
Is it “All the news that’s fit to print” or “All the news that fits the print”?
I believe this. We need to win ASAP.
Even in the good years we have one of the smaller fanbases in the P4, paying some of the lowest prices. Winning only does so much.
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We don’t have old money coming in like other P4s.
Majority of our fanbase is first gen college grads from working class backgrounds.
That’s true, and it’s a problem for the Athletic department. Such is life, though; donations track with wealth, and an individual’s wealth tracks with that of their parents.
To be clear here, I’m NOT saying we should try to recruit a bunch of rich kids. That would probably be necessary for us to improve our AD’s revenue and valuation, but if we have to choose between serving our community and winning more football games, the football team can get bent. (There’s also an open question of whether it’s even feasible, with schools like Auburn and Alabama and Oklahoma already throwing money at that demographic hand over fist.)
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Cincinnati and UCF face the same issues too, but we need to separate ourselves from them by 2030.
Cincy and UCF do not have the same problems we do. They charge more for tickets and have much higher attendance, which likely owes a lot to the fact that their student demographics look more like those of a low-end P4 team (like Wisconsin, for example) than UH. As far as I can tell, we have the cheapest tickets in the Big 12, at least for Football, and the next-lowest attendance is 30% higher than ours.
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Cincy is a good analogy in terms of location, UCF not so much.
It’s located outside the city limits in unincorporated Orange County nowhere near a downtown area, and is known for being a suburban destination party school.
I agree with T-Moar that we have more fan base/attendance problems than nearly all other P4s though.
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#1 UT vs #2 OSU to kick off the season, gota go B10
Everyone on this board can keep spewing that “Fake News” nonsense every time we see an article like this, but I hate to break it to yall, but it is true.
We are definitely the lowest valued school in the p4.
Yes, that can change when we receive a full share. Yes, it isn’t an exact science and could be off by a bit.
But the truth of the matter is we are last, and we need to start winning, and growing our program now otherwise we will be on the outside looking in again.