$44.6 million is not the ACC media contract value, it's about $30 million. And, the ACC media contract is thought to be closer to 30% basketball which gets you to the same $9 million.
Link to 30 percent? Numerous sources including Swofford have indicated 20 percent.
Total conference payment for an all sports conference has no relation to the Big East media contract, but there is a relation to a conference's media contract. 20% of $44.6 million conference payout to estimate $9 million is not relevant.
The ACC is different from the SEC and Big 10 when it comes to college basketball as the Duke/UNC basketball matchups (2x per year) are the biggest draws in the college basketball regular season. The 2 meetings had a total of 5.5 million viewers. (Compared to the 5.07 million that watched the FSU/Florida football game.) And, throw in the ACC basketball tournament which has 14 games with 11 on ESPN. Remember, the SEC and Big 10 football ratings blow away the ACC but the ACC has better basketball ratings than the SEC. I have seen the 30% number tossed out for the ACC (20% for SEC and Big 10) in the past in analysis that looked at total ACC basketball vs ACC football ratings. Remember, the ACC has an incentive to say they are a top football conference to show they belong with the SEC and Big 10, but, in reality, they are the top watched college basketball conference and the 3rd or 4th most watched football conference. (Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 clouds the issue.) We are talking about just the media revenues not the conference revenues as the total conference revenues are probably 80% football/20% basketball due to the CFP, but that is skewed by how you allocate the ACCN revenues (3 months of football vs 5 months of basketball).
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There's no way, maybe that is outdatedI understand the UNC/Duke BB popularity...but the ACC media contracts have still been described as 80-20 football/basketball...by DeFillipo..Swofford..by the AD of Clemson. It could, maybe, have been a short hand way of describing total revenue.
I looked at Sportico's data base...for UConn and UNC...the media right money for UConn looked "hinkey"...
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I imagine that the one P level conference that you could calculate an actual percentage split of media revenues between football and basketball is the ACC. ND receives a full share of basketball revenue. From this you could determine the basketball portion of media revenues for all members.I understand the UNC/Duke BB popularity...but the ACC media contracts have still been described as 80-20 football/basketball...by DeFillipo..Swofford..by the AD of Clemson. It could, maybe, have been a short hand way of describing total revenue.
I looked at Sportico's data base...for UConn and UNC...the media right money for UConn looked "hinkey"...
Sportico’s Intercollegiate Finance Database
Sportico is maintaining an interactive, real-time database that tracks the official balance sheets of public FBS university athletic departments.
UConn has "repaid" the Big East several times over already. We owe the conference nothing at this point.
It's a mutually beneficial relationship, until it isn't.
And it isn’t. In addition to most of the men’s side being ratings drags, the conference is also trying to ride the women’s hoops momentum while investing $0 in it other than UConn.
UConn is to DePaul as Michigan is to Northwestern
On the other hand we have nowhere else to go. We have a history in the big east that are continued association reminds people of. The conference has good brand recognition. Short of the P4 it's the best we can do for the time being.
Plus a full share of ACC Network profits.
Blackberry has spoken
We owe it to the Conference to be good teammates. Do we want to be chumps like USF?
