At least the football team is, according to forbes.com.
The Notre Dame football program is worth $101 million according to the report, topping No. 2 Texas by $9 million. Because the team --and athletics program -- is not separate from the university, it must cooperate in profit sharing ending up in a $21.1 million donation to the school, the report said.
Of course, the $9 million Notre Dame is ahead of Texas by comes from its contract with NBC, which Forbes said pays $9 million.
The Top 20 money-making football programs (money figures in millions):
School Money Earned Profit
1. Notre Dame $101 $45.8
2. Texas $92 $46.2
3. Georgia $90 $43.5
4. Michigan $85 $36.2
5. Florida $84 $38.2
6. LSU $76 $31.7
7. Tennessee $74 $17.3
8. Auburn $73 $33.9
9. Alabama $72 $31.8
10. Ohio State $71 $26.6
11. Oklahoma $70 $18.5
12. South Carolina $69 $28.9
13. Penn State $69 $29.4
14. USC $53 $13
15. Arkansas $53 $19.3
16. Texas A&M $50 $20.5
17. Washington $50 $19.9
18. Nebraska $49 $12.4
19. Michigan State $44 $18.3
20. Wisconsin $43 $14.3
-By Michael Rothstein of The Journal Gazette
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