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July 20, 2010
ATHENS, Ohio-Ohio Athletics was recently honored as having one of the most economically efficient athletic departments in that nation in the Excellence in Management Cup figures released by Texas A&M's Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics. Ohio ranked in the top 10 percent of all Division I (FBS) athletic departments, placing 12th nationally.
The purpose of the EM Cup is to bring awareness about NCAA athletic departments that are maximizing fiscal resources leading to championship victories. The unique, yet simple, scoring system awards more points to athletic departments that win conference and national championships while efficiently allocating money to win these championships. Other championship cups do not address natural competitive advantages given to universities that have higher operating budgets and play more sports.
"It is nice to be recognized as an athletic department which is cost-efficient in its operations and competitive in its performance," said Ohio Director of Athletics Jim Schaus.
The Bobcats registered a score of 1.141886057, and finished above every school in the Pac 10, Big East, SEC, Big Ten and Conference USA.
Under the direction of Dr. Shane Hudson, the Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics (LSIA), established in the Fall of 2003, is an interdisciplinary research and training laboratory supported by the Division of Sport Management program in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University.
The Laboratory examines major concepts and issues related to the management and conduct of all levels of intercollegiate athletics, including those related to: organizational effectiveness and efficiency, social responsibility and ethics, revenue generation, leadership, organizational control and planning, reform and organizational change, fiscal management, gender equity, diversity, legal aspects and compliance, career attainment processes, and marketing.
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