His silence is saying everything: we're not worth his time anymore. What can he say at this point that would be meaningful or make this less stinging? If I never hear from him again, I'm good.
It doesn't matter. The number that was spent on football was 19 million, regardless of what it's source was. From a coach's perspective, it's the same pot of money to work with...
I too can’t quite figure it out.
It's not necessarily the same revenue share pot of money to use to build your team (the players). If CSU is spending 3x men's basketball and 2x men's and women's basketball combined; it's reasonable to assume that their revenue share split will be something on the order of 2/3 to football and 1/3 to the other sports. In UConn's case the football share is just under the share to men's basketball and about 40% of the combined spend. That would mean that while Colorado State was offering $13-14M pre-NIL to build the football roster; using the same breakdown, UConn would be offering about $8.2M pre-NIL to build the football roster.
I agree. UConn has very elite men and women basketball teams that need a big chunk of the revenue share. This will leave less money for the football team.
I'm not sure I'm following. It's been reported that our "non-NIL" spend was 18.5 million in 2024, not 8.2 million. That's operational spend:
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
That is the spend on coaches salaries; travel; equipment, etc. That's not the revenue share, which was not a part of the most recent reporting from the schools (it's a "new" thing with the House settlement and wasn't a part of the old system which only had NIL).I'm not sure I'm following. It's been reported that our "non-NIL" spend was 18.5 million in 2024, not 8.2 million. That's operational spend:
UConn reports increase in self-generated revenue for FY24
UConn athletic department reported a self-generated $62.7M in revenue during FY 2024.
So if the Colorado State operational spend is 19 million (due to 10 million being debt service), then it's essentially the same. So what data am I missing from this analysis?
You're referring to the 20.5 million or so revenue cap, correct? Do we have an actual breakdown of that at either institution?
Based on my understanding, 3rd party NIL payments don't count towards that cap. In other words, we as fans can change the calculus here. The boosters can change the calculus (this is how Texas can pay their QB multiple million dollars). We don't know the overall pot of money, but all reports seemed to indicate that we were doing much better in that regard...
Be careful how you compare universities. CSU had almost $12 million in facilities debt service (primarily the new football stadium) and UConn has no football stadium debt.
It was reported that the revenue share at CSU was ~$4 to $5 million this year. When it comes to money, Colorado St. is well behind UConn by almost every financial measure. Athletic department donations are almost double CSU's, the athletic budget is 30%+ larger, ticket sales at UConn for all sports are triple CSU's, and CSU's indoor practice facility field is 70 yards long. Heck, Jim Mora's salary at UConn would have been the highest salary in the new Pac 12.
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That is pretty shocking.
Check out all the posts after that on this thread, and I'm guessing your shock will go away...
Yup, heckuva lot closer than Storrs and Bradley to elderly parents in Palm Desert (SDSU), brothers in Seattle and Bend, wife’s relatives, Sun Valley house and friends, etc.