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ALABAMA FALL CAMP PREVIEW RUNNING BACKS Running back has been and always will be featured as long as the University of Alabama football program is under the leadership of coach Nick Saban. The third installment of an eight-part series counting down the beginning of fall camp looks at Crimson Tide ballcarriers. Eddie Lacy is gone, but T.J. Yeldon returns, Jalston Fowler comes back from injury and a host of freshmen are set to compete for playing time.
INSIDE BIG MONEY:
A look at the expenses and revenues for the other Alabama sports | 4C Alabama will gain more revenue through the new SEC Network | 4C
INSTITUTIONAL MONEY:
UA’s athletic department receives subsidy from the university | 4C
IT’S IN THE GAME:
EA Sports video games are part of the revenue stream for Alabama | 4C
BATTLE PLAN:
Bill Battle relying on business background to aid in new athletic director job with Crimson Tide | 5C
Total UA athletic ledger
$6,198,454
$6,851,983
$6,417,942
2012
2.7M
4.5M
2.1M
2.7M
4.4M
4.4M
Expenses $2,233,347
$2,086,300
$2,139,315
$489,434
$446,378
1.3M 689,796 804,373
$371,013
2012
$457,569
.5
$2,119,208
$2,131,052
866,327 925,728 1.1M
1
$621,393
1.4M
2
$842,937
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
$2,465,227
$760,885
$801,338
$306,881
2012
Revenue
1.5
$1,044,598
$1,450,681
$1,396,379
$1,449,480
MILLION
$11,281,445
$10,774,007
$5,358,319 $8,052,130
$5,221,020 $7,302,243
$4,377,243 $7,089,592
Expenses
$1,372,475 $446,747
1.5M
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total UA baseball ledger
1.5
$1,174,820 $308,493
1.3M
$952,579
1.7M
*All fiscal budget years end on June 30 of that year *A
Expenses
2.5
$1,848,971
$2,393,373
$2,371,444 $920,822
$838,473
$569,148
$664,864
$634,768
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 1.6M
2012
36.6M 36.2M 40.8M 46.5M 44.5M
Revenue
.5
6
2
31.8M
1
8
4
2
1
1.3M
$37,774,386 $82,302,856
12.3M
Revenue
10
Total UA softball ledger $2,148,619
$2,317,354
$1,907,064
1.5
$31,807,880 $78,285,095
14M
12
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Expenses
$2,249,671
2
Total UA men’s basketball ledger
$32,078,815 $72,845,206
31.6M
2012
TTotal UA gymnastics ledger Revenue
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New Alabama athletic director Bill Battle is in charge of an athletic department that was one of just 23 in the nation to turn a profit in the last fiscal year. Alabama took in more than $124 million while spending a little more than $112 million.
Expenses
$28,053,214 $64,249,624
40
$27,638,909 $64,260,880
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
.5
60
20
2.5
Alabama was among 23 of 228 collegiate athletic programs at public schools to turn a profit in the fiscal year that SEE BUDGET | 5C
80
30
10.5M 399,837 9.4M
In the black
Revenue
$23,849,001 $55,691,213
$112,569,318 $124,899,945
$105,068,152 $124,498,616
MILLION
100
Expenses
$90,867,971 $100,302,512
60
$77,106,548 $87,589,777
Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon rushed for 1,108 yards on 175 attempts with 12 touchdowns as a freshman. With the departure of Eddie Lacy to the NFL, Yeldon looks to be the featured back this season.
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ceed expenses, fund the other sports — but the model isn’t quite as simple as that. “About half your revenue comes from the business of sports and event management, which I guess is the business side of our business,” Battle said. “Most of the other half comes from contributions and donations and Tide Pride and so forth, which is different from any business I’ve ever been in. That has been interesting.”
Total UA football ledger $98,961,214 $130,542,153
— Aaron Suttles
$123,370,004 $123,769,841
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A breakdown of the Alabama football team’s budget
$11,950,262
Revenue
COMING SUNDAY Wide receivers and tight ends
TUSCALOOSA | Bill Battle is only a few months into his tenure as the University of Alabama’s athletics director, but he quickly discovered that running an athletic department isn’t exactly running a business. Battle studied UA’s athletic budget and realized collegiate athletics has an unbalanced ledger. “This is an interesting business if you can call it a business, which I guess it is,” said Battle, 71, who was hired in March to replace the late Mal Moore, who was at the time hospitalized with a pulmonary condition. “It’s like running a company that has 21 divisions and two of them are profitable.” The windfall from football and men’s basketball, the only sports with incomes that ex-
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MILLION
Overview: It should be a seamless transition for Yeldon to assume Lacy’s role. Behind him gets intriguing. Although coming off an injury, Fowler is a better blocker than any of the others. Drake is electric as a ballcarrier with topend speed, but he struggled with ball security at times. Then there are the freshmen. This is a position group to watch during fall camp.
Alabama athletics sees budget rise since the arrival of Nick Saban
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The newcomers: Alabama signed four running backs in its 2013 class: Derrick Henry (6-foot3, 238 pounds), Tyren Jones, (5foot-9, 215), Alvin Kamara (5-foot10, 195) and Altee Tenpenny (6-foot, 207). All four were rated four stars by rivals.com. Henry enrolled for the spring semester but missed some of spring practice with an injury. He is expected to be available for the start of fall camp.
‘A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS’
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The experienced: How good was T.J. Yeldon in his first season? The 6-foot-2, 218-pounder from Daphne had the best rushing season by a freshman in school history with 1,108 yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging 6.3 yards a carry. He rushed for 153 yards on 25 carries, both career bests, against Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game. Junior Jalston Fowler was off to a promising start to 2012 before injuring his left knee in game two. Fowler, 6-foot-1, 250 pounds, rushed for 85 yards (7.7 yards a carry) in the season-opener against Michigan. Sophomore Kenyan Drake played in 12 games in his first season, rushing for five touchdowns on 42 carries for 281 yards. After redshirting in 2011 due to sustaining a knee injury before the season, Dee Hart played in fi ve games before another seasonending knee injury.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012
1.6M
1.7M
1.5M
1.7M
1.8M
1.6M
STAFF GRAPHICS, ANTHONY BRATINA