Here's some fresh data from last year for us to all pick apart and compare:
(I'm doing the revenues portion, because that's the amount of money a program actually MAKES, not spends. In any case, for most schools, revenues are not much off from expenses, if at all.)
Summit League whole athletic department revenues In Dollars.
14,304,218 - North Dakota State
13,033,168 - Oral Roberts
11,923,267 - South Dakota State
11,407,609 - UMKC
9,885,160 - Oakland
9,434,742 - Western Illinois
7,943,741 - Southern Utah
5,931,035 - Centenary
5,530,418 - IUPUI
5,463,623 - IPFW
Football revenues (football only) for MVFC schools:
3,332,907 - North Dakota State
3,155,289 - Youngstown State
3,126,148 - Northern Iowa (Expenses were 3,766,560)
2,280,087 - Missouri State
2,201,099 - Western Illinois
2,028,925 - South Dakota State (Lowest spending MVFC team)
1,514,284 - Illinois State (Expenses were 2,794,844)
943,128 - Indiana State (Expenses were 2,033,169)
812,582 - Southern Illinois (Expenses were 2,813,026)
Just for shits and giggles, the revenues for all MVFC schools, nudging NDSU into the place it would fall if it was a member:
19,032,986 - Southern Illinois
17,186,874 - Wichita State
15,923,568 - Illinois State
14,828,762 - Northern Iowa
14,316,946 - Missouri State
14,304,218 - North Dakota State
14,238,300 - Creighton
12,367,727 - Drake
11,090,912 - Bradley
10,285,176 - Indiana State
9,350,775 - Evansville
How much does each Valley school earn on mens basketball, its marquee sport?? Here's what they earn with NDSU again wedged in:
4,886,660 - Creighton
4,166,873 - Wichita State
2,994,774 - Bradley
2,152,519 - Missouri State
1,950,495 - Drake
1,901,814 - Northern Iowa
1,885,565 - Evansville
1,805,378 - Southern Illinois
1,435,676 - Illinois State
1,029,535 - North Dakota State
713,678 - Indiana State
How much does each Summit school make on mens basketball?
2,090,174 - Oral Roberts
1,379,787 - Oakland
1,321,923 - UMKC
1,029,535 - North Dakota State
904,384 - Western Illinois
865,143 - South Dakota State
847,499 - Centenary
828,944 - Southern Utah
716,885 - IPFW
558,779 - IUPUI
There's all the info you need. Make your own conclusions.