I get that and it makes complete sense. Just as male athletes make much more money out in the marketplace. One could argue that since they could be considered state employees, they should be compensated similarly. Kind of like the scholarship situation. I have no idea if that holds water or is even an issue, but it could. Georgia has a heck of a women's track & field team, I'm told.
For UConn, the math is trickier because there is not a large media contract driven by football and the UConn women's basketball team generates revenue. Thus, I would expect the UConn women's basketball team to be compensated accordingly.
Money losing sports at 99% of schools. Near zero positive net revenue for most schools, exception with some B1G, OU, OK ST and a few other Big XII wrestling schools.
The overwhelming majority of sports, including football and basketball, lose money at most schools. Wrestling is actually at the lower end of money losers due to its lower scholarship numbers (9.9) and the minimal facilities/equipment required.
Woosh, missing the bigger point for schools @How Sway?! referenced. Oft schools already with neglible net revenues now to enable neglible to larger net negative revenue sports even today let alone as football and men’s hoop revenues further decline to disappear in the evolving college semi-pro/NIL, P4 (to P3 to P2??? possibilities) to employee college athletics world.
I’m not sure what point I’m missing? Nearly every sport, including football and basketball, lose money at most schools. Unless you have significant paid attendance and a strong TV deal in place, rev share will have many men’s programs sweating bullets. Women will be safe due to Title 9. I don’t understand singling out the one with the least cost of operation?
SMU better keep winning football games!
It looks like Football will "hold the most value" while basketball will have a smaller percentage. Another aspect of the deal is it will be easier to leave the conference by 2029-2030 school year. They reworked the contract so it will cost less than $100 to leave the ACC by the time the Big10 and Big12 contracts are up for renewal.
Belichick helps but several other things are potentially coming online that will allow UNC to compete at a high level regardless of conference membership
But the Big 12 doesn’t pay better than the ACC, if I’m not mistaken. Kind of feels like it’s a P2 or nothing for those programs you named. The only way I see the Big 12 as attractive for those programs is if the ACC goes bye-bye like the PAC and you have new money available.
Depends on how much the Big12 can get in their next media deal. It seems that FSU is he’ll bent on getting out of the ACC and, if FSU/Clemson can’t get into the Big10, how much more would the Big12 contract get if they were in the league.
Probably not as much as they would get if they wait until the ACC is able to get full market rate deal. So for them & their fan base it's likely SEC or bust. Also they won't take deals like Oregon/UW did just to get in
