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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 2578850, member: 1559"] Upstater, I think you misunderstand the revenues of college athletics. NCAA basketball is about as lucrative as NCAA football. The difference is that most of the NCAA basketball tournament money goes to the NCAA to fund the NCAA, fund championships for non-revenue sports, give money to lower divisions,... NCAA football money basically stays with the P5 which is one of the reasons why conference realignment has been all about football. (As well as ~80% of conference TV revenues comes form football.) Is it fair? Heck no as basketball is basically helping provide more money to the football schools as basketball pays for almost everything. If you are the P5 that plays both FBS football and Division 1 basketball, the NCAA's take of the basketball money doesn't really impact you. If you are a basketball only school, this impacts your potential economics. One way or another, if the P5 separated from the rest of the schools the non-revenue sport championships would have to be paid for as well as some administrative body and other costs. But, a basketball tournament with just the P5 would be not be as lucrative. And, why would the P5 separate in football as they are already getting almost all of the money? [/QUOTE]