Deck 14: College Athletics

Question 1

What are the primary sources of NCAA revenues?

A) Television and marketing rights fees
B) Championship tournaments
C) Investment income
D) Sales and services
E) Contributions

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the NCAA's main expense?

A) Salaries
B) Distribution to Division I members
C) Distribution to Division II and III members
D) General and administrative
E) None of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The NCAA distributes revenue to member institutions based on a specific formula. Of the following, which is a criteria for establishing the amount of revenue a member receives?

A) Historical performance in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
B) The number of sports sponsored
C) The number of scholarships offered
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

NCAA v. Board of Regents affected television revenue generated from which sport?

A) Men's basketball
B) Women's basketball
C) Football
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 5

For Division I-FBS Group of 5 conferences, increased revenue depends on which of the following?

A) Performance in the NCAA men's basketball tournament
B) A conference football championship
C) Having 12 football playing teams in a conference
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 6

For schools in Division I-FBS conferences, where does the largest portion of the athletic program's revenues come from?

A) NCAA revenue distributions
B) Football
C) Men's basketball
D) Baseball
E) None of the above

Question 7

College athletic department-allocated revenues include which of the following?

A) Ticket sales
B) NCAA and conference distributions
C) Student fees
D) Alumni donations
E) All of the above

Question 8

According to which gift table rule does the top 10 gifts to a capital campaign account for 33% of the campaign's total goal and the next 100 gifts account for an additional 33%?

A) Rule of thirds
B) 80/20 rule
C) 90/10 rule
D) Traditional rule
E) None of the above

Question 9

Of the following, which is a trait of a major donor?

A) They often desire to provide opportunities that they did not have while growing up, to help the less fortunate, to improve quality of life, and to help solve problems in society.
B) They tend to be very religious, have a strong belief in free enterprise, and are basically conservative.
C) They know someone in the athletic department or know something about the department, and they believe in someone working for the department or believe in something that the academic institution or athletic department represents.
D) They have the resources to make a major gift.
E) All of the above

Question 10

Which factor is driving up the operating costs of a college or university athletic department?

A) Arms race
B) Moving up a division
C) Free market for college coaches
D) Increasing tuition on college campuses
E) All of the above

Question 11

NCAA revenue distributions to member schools go directly from the NCAA to the school.

Question 12

More than 90% of Division I athletic programs have expenses that exceed revenues on an annual basis.

Question 13

Department-generated revenues are revenues that the school transfers to the athletic department.

Question 14

An analysis of NCAA revenues and expenses shows that operating expenses are growing on par with or increasing faster than operating revenues depending on division affiliation.

Question 15

To reach a capital campaign goal, development departments need to receive major gifts from program supporters.

Question 16

Most development departments define a major gift as a donation worth $1,000,000 or more.

Question 17

One can create a major gifts table for a capital campaign in three major mathematical ways.

Question 18

In a traditional gifts table, the lead gift (largest single campaign gift) should be set at 5% of the campaign total.

Question 19

Another name for a university's athletic support group is booster club.

Question 20

The revenues that member schools receive from conference distributions are the largest percentage of overall departmental revenues.