Chansky’s Notebook: Numbers Don’t Lie
Posted Feb 17, 2021
UNC released some impressive profits from its football program and almost break-even athletic department, but it is important to note that was for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which for the most part was pre-COVID. By selling out every home game in his first season back in Chapel Hill, Mack Brown’s football program raked in almost $50 million in revenues.
(Chapelboro.com)
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