This was interesting. Basketball basically the same annual value as football when split out. That doesn't match what some are saying but gives credence to what Yormark has said.
Yes exactly. Total game attendance and tv money are fairly equal for the regular season games when accounting for more basketball games, but the way the playoff systems are run and money gets distributed creates a big divide. This could change in the future and likely will change once the schools split from the ncaa. Also, basketball is more popular globally, so getting basketball fans from around the world to bet on college games and watch them creates much more realistic growth potential for college basketball. Revenue sharing combined with NIL should attract more talent from around the world to the college game and keep that talent in the college game longer before they move on to professional leagues. This will attract more global viewership because the quality of play will be higher, and the number of international players will likely be higher as well.
Portnoy talked about that a bit last week - be interesting to see what ($) traction they get.… Big East seeking supplementary media package for men’s, women’s basketball (SBJ)
Just seems stupid to hear about ACC crying when they initiated this whole thing by poaching the Big East.
ACC is run by a bunch of outdated clowns. BCU, FSU, and Clemson pushed for our exclusion over the years. From what has been published in the past, the NC schools ( UNC, NCST, Wake, and Duke) pushed for us but the top football schools won in the end by adding Louisville.
What would you like to see them do?
because they have nothing
Give us 5% of everyone else’s revenue
We should demand this! And if they say no, we leave the conference!
Only 5%? I was thinking 25%.
Yeah we really don't have that much leverage to be demanding more revenue without increasing our exit penalties.
We should ask they pay our exit fee as well.
Besides credits and share, isn’t there issues with baseball scheduling and refs generally? I’m not saying we should get the MWC special treatment deal, but we should get a lot of perks.
Well, if the Big East wants us to stay - then they need to help us find a home for our football. They should try to find creative ways for us to get a football only conference invite that makes sense. How they do this? They may need to offer additional revenue streams so the new football conference we join doesn't have to pay out so much to us. This could be something negotiated where Uconn gets X dollars from the Big East while the _______Football conference gives us X dollars less than their established teams. With time the Big East dollars go down and the _______Football conference revenue share goes up. This allows UConn to stay in the Big East while finding a more secure home for football. And why would the Big East want to do this - well to be fair - They need UConn as much as UConn basketball may need them.
Love the creative thinking, but bwahahaha.
You asked what they could provide. He told you and people thought it was a laugh riot. The MWC basically created a two tiered system of payouts for mediocre G5s. SMU plays for free. The Big East making some moves to keep its top product in-house isn’t some unreasonable moonshot - shouldn’t we expect some effort on their part?
You'll get nothing. And you'll like it!
We don't have much leverage here. Big East knows we will leave the minute the opportunity presents itself. There is no way Big East will give us extra revenue knowing we gonna leave anyway since there is no way they can give us enough revenue to keep us around. Also, there is no way UConn should commit to higher exit fees etc.
I was being generous