COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the third straight year Missouri’s athletics department operated at a slight budget deficit as ticket sales for football and men’s basketball continued to drag down MU's finances for the 2019 fiscal year.
Mizzou athletics generated $106,610,224 in revenue from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, according to MU’s annual submission to the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System. The report was obtained by a Sunshine Law request.
That’s less than a 1.0 percent drop in revenue from the previous year. With a conscious effort to curb spending in certain areas, MU’s athletic expenses dropped at the same small rate, down to $108,398,447.