How UConn is preparing for revenue sharing with its athletes (Mike Anthony @ Hearst)

[huskymedic]

Worth the time to read the landscape ahead:

 

[shizzle787]

So we will be spending over half of the 20.5 million.

My guess is 12 million.

MBB: 7 million
FB: 3.5 million
WBB: 1.5 million

 

[noeynox]

Getting more dollars for FB via TV contract is im sure going to be a priority going forward. Good news is, it is a low bar to clear there.

 

[CL82]

Getting more dollars for FB via TV contract is im sure going to be a priority going forward. Good news is, it is a low bar to clear there.

Agreed. But to be honest, when we went independent, I felt fortunate just to be getting all our games broadcast, never mind getting paid a half million doing it.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Not much new info. I think Emily is WAG on the distribution component - I’d be shocked if it was anywhere near what she types:



-> Though the settlement set the revenue-sharing cap of $20.5 million, UConn only plans to distribute $18 million this season with a goal of reaching the cap in the near future. UConn has not disclosed how it will disperse its funds, and the settlement doesn’t include any requirements for how revenue shares should be divided across sports. It does outline a structure that many programs are using as a guideline: 75 percent to football, 15 percent to men’s basketball, 5 percent to women’s basketball, and 5 percent to all remaining sports.

If UConn adheres to that structure, the percentages will translate to roughly $13.5 million distributed to football, $2.7 million to men’s basketball, $900,000 to women’s basketball and $900,000 to the remaining 18 sports sponsored by the university — but every sport does not have to receive a share. At UConn, programs like hockey and baseball will likely be prioritized as the biggest revenue drivers behind basketball and football. <-

 

[huskymedic]

Thumbnail from D1Ticker this morning:

 

[UCFBfan]

I think this quote from Geno is the Courant article sums up why a lot of coaches are leaving college sports

We got home on a Monday from winning the national championship … and Tuesday it’s nine o’clock in the morning and we’re in the office trying to figure all this crap out.”

 

[Jetskies]

oh jeez. get ready for "Nissan court at --- gampel --- pavilion presented by RTX"