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Mike Johnson
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 1:12:31 PM 
It might well be true that, among MAC schools and in particular those in Ohio, OU has less money to pay its football and basketball players or potential recruits.

That said, it took less than a minute to find the size of endowment funds for all Ohio universities, state assisted and private.

Overall, Ohio's endowment fund ranks 7th among all the state's universities and colleges. Here is how it stacks up among MAC schools in Ohio.

* Ohio - $579,349,840 (main campus only)
* Miami - $554,869,000
* Toledo -$297,373,929
* Akron - $223,554,119
* BG - $174,231,527
* Kent - $145,874,869

Clearly endowment money isn't likely to be used to pay players. Perhaps other Ohio schools have donors giving big money to pay players but who are skimping on donating to endowment funds.

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OhioCatFan
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 1:36:11 PM 
Mike: I've seen a different figure for our overall endowment recently. It was approaching $1 billion. I don't think the branch campuses add much. Can't explain the discrepancy.

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Mike Johnson
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 1:43:57 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
Mike: I've seen a different figure for our overall endowment recently. It was approaching $1 billion. I don't think the branch campuses add much. Can't explain the discrepancy.


It would be nice if your $1 billion is correct. I can only say that the list I found was labled most recently reported totals.

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BuddyLee
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 2:20:10 PM 
Has there ever been any credible information about what OU or MAC football players in general are being paid by their schools (I believe up to $20 million budget is allowed now) or outside NIL collective funds? I have a pretty good idea about what many of these P4 school kids (OSU etc) are getting in the portal, through insider message boards and informed reporters.

It seems difficult for us to know what is needed to be competitive if there is no transparency about what money is available and being spent. Anyone have any informed speculation of the total cost of our roster and how we might compare in the overall MAC hierarchy?

Last Edited: 1/18/2026 2:20:54 PM by BuddyLee
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Alan Swank
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 4:11:34 PM 
https://give.ohio.edu/advancement/endowment
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Mike Coleman
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 9:09:25 PM 
Alan Swank wrote:
https://give.ohio.edu/advancement/endowment


Am I reading this right: $1.2 Billion for university endowment and another $800 million for OU Foundation as of June 2024?
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BillyTheCat
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   Posted: 1/18/2026 10:47:07 PM 
Mike Johnson wrote:
It might well be true that, among MAC schools and in particular those in Ohio, OU has less money to pay its football and basketball players or potential recruits.

That said, it took less than a minute to find the size of endowment funds for all Ohio universities, state assisted and private.

Overall, Ohio's endowment fund ranks 7th among all the state's universities and colleges. Here is how it stacks up among MAC schools in Ohio.

* Ohio - $579,349,840 (main campus only)
* Miami - $554,869,000
* Toledo -$297,373,929
* Akron - $223,554,119
* BG - $174,231,527
* Kent - $145,874,869

Clearly endowment money isn't likely to be used to pay players. Perhaps other Ohio schools have donors giving big money to pay players but who are skimping on donating to endowment funds.


And what do you think endowments are to be used for? What are the laws on them? By your logic here Harvard and Yale would be athletics power houses.
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