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The revenue reports for the NCAA were released recently, but this article had some interesting breakdowns of the information.
What I found particularly interesting was the chart below, which details the average revenue per school by conferences:
The American is actually in a better position than I would have imagined. Yes, our TV contract is bad, but our average revenue is closer to the ACC than the next closest "G5" conference.
The article also specifically mentions UConn:
"The only non-power schools to break into that top group are AAC basketball powers UConn (44th; $71 million in revenue) and Cincinnati (52nd; $59 million). The lowest power-conference revenue stream belongs to Washington State, which ranked 54th at $54 million.
So, yep, the poorest power school brings in about as much money as the second-richest non-power."
Quick thoughts:
1) This further highlights the absurdity of our exclusion from a P5 conference. Our revenue number compare favorable to many power conference athletic departments despite our conference's poor payout. Put us in the B1G and I'd love to see where we ranked.
2) The American, while far from appealing, is not quite the wasteland that many make it out to be. We are pretty clearly the "best of the rest." The sooner we get out, the better, but this is the least undesirable place to be outside of the P5.
3) The authors were pretty generous to classify Cinci as a "basketball power."
What I found particularly interesting was the chart below, which details the average revenue per school by conferences:
The American is actually in a better position than I would have imagined. Yes, our TV contract is bad, but our average revenue is closer to the ACC than the next closest "G5" conference.
The article also specifically mentions UConn:
"The only non-power schools to break into that top group are AAC basketball powers UConn (44th; $71 million in revenue) and Cincinnati (52nd; $59 million). The lowest power-conference revenue stream belongs to Washington State, which ranked 54th at $54 million.
So, yep, the poorest power school brings in about as much money as the second-richest non-power."
Quick thoughts:
1) This further highlights the absurdity of our exclusion from a P5 conference. Our revenue number compare favorable to many power conference athletic departments despite our conference's poor payout. Put us in the B1G and I'd love to see where we ranked.
2) The American, while far from appealing, is not quite the wasteland that many make it out to be. We are pretty clearly the "best of the rest." The sooner we get out, the better, but this is the least undesirable place to be outside of the P5.
3) The authors were pretty generous to classify Cinci as a "basketball power."