USA Today publishes a look at the finances of Division 1 schools at the following link - https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances . Before diving into this too deep, go to the following site to learn more about the methodology behind the reporting of these numbers (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2021/10/13/ncaa-finances-revenue-expense-database-methodology/8432968002/). Now that you have learned how these numbers are reported, go to the USA Today rankings page https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances and explore finances of various schools around the country.

• What areas of methodology have recently changed? How have they been changed from previous years of reporting?
• The site defaults to rankings by total revenue - pick three schools at the top end (top 25 ranking), three schools in the middle (75-125 ranking) and three at the bottom end (180-231 ranking) to learn more about. What schools did you pick? What conferences are these schools in? What did you learn about their finances that stands out to you? What financial changes over time have these schools seen? You can click on each school to learn more details and see changes over time.
• Now click on total expenses as a way to sort this list. How do rankings by expense move your schools up or down the list (how do expenses correlate with revenue)?
• Now click on total subsidy as a way to sort the list. How do universityy of iowa rank based on total subsidy?
• Now click on % subsidy as a way to sort the list. How do the university of iowa rank based on this area?
• What do the total subsidy numbers listed in red mean? Why is this interesting?
• What trends and areas of interest did you find on this site? What stands out to you?

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Recently changed areas of methodology in the NCAA Finances database include Revised definitions for certain revenue and expense categories to better r... View the full answer