Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[UConnTrumbull]

"The number of athletes will drop but scholarships will go up."

It's a good thing the "student athlete" is top of mind in all this. For a while I thought it was all about the money...........

Well, they opened Pandora’s box.

 

[UConnJim]

I'm sure $900,000 will help them improve significantly. I'm curious how women in college will receive this disparity and if Title IX comes into play. You figure at least 94% of total wages are being paid to men. It seems a little skewed.

Basically, they are allocating revenue shares based on what the revenue generation is of the various sports. For Georgia, the vast majority of revenue is produced by football and very little generated by women's basketball. I would think 4.39% for Georgia women's basketball is well above their proportionate revenue generation.

 

[Kolumbo]

Basically, they are allocating revenue shares based on what the revenue generation is of the various sports. For Georgia, the vast majority of revenue is produced by football and very little generated by women's basketball. I would think 4.39% for Georgia women's basketball is well above their proportionate revenue generation.

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.

 

[UConnJim]

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.

 

[How Sway?!]

If I'm a small directional school, I cut football and allocate that money to more niche sports that will be cut by larger schools. Much easier to compete in sports like Tennis/Wrestling than football.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

If I'm a small directional school, I cut football and allocate that money to more niche sports that will be cut by larger schools. Much easier to compete in sports like Tennis/Wrestling than football.

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.

 

[Ldandy]

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.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

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.

Acknowledging the demographic cliff, more than a few directionals and/or less academically respected public universities may also further cut additional non-revenue sports in university-wide cost cutting actions. Or not, just spit balling.

 

[Ldandy]

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.

Acknowledging the demographic cliff, more than a few directionals and/or less academically respected public universities may also further cut additional non-revenue sports in university-wide cost cutting actions. Or not, just spit balling.

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?

 

[ZooCougar]

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.

That’s an interesting point. But lots of schools are cutting wrestling.

I wonder if that’s Title IX and not money related.

 

[BigTenFan]

Wrestling still big at the Penn States and Iowas of the world

 

[Drew]

 

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[UConnJim]

Imagine you are an ACC school that is getting a $7 million payment reduction and has to find $20 million for revenue sharing.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Imagine you are an ACC school that is getting a $7 million payment reduction and has to find $20 million for revenue sharing.

SMU better keep winning football games!

 

[NoSpamHere]

The ultimate social media driven revenue allocation. The ACC is now the style over substance conference.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This seems ill advised. Will be interested in whether basketball ratings count in the metrics. They certainly should. That would produce some interesting results with FSU perhaps not faring as well as it thinks. UNC will BB at the helm might top the list overall. Hiring him makes even more sense now.

Feels like this is a disaster waiting to happen for the ACC.

 

[dayooper]

This seems ill advised. Will be interested in whether basketball ratings count in the metrics. They certainly should. That would produce some interesting results with FSU perhaps not faring as well as it thinks. UNC will BB at the helm might top the list overall. Hiring him makes even more sense now.

Feels like this is a disaster waiting to happen for the ACC.

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.

Link to article from MSN

 

[ramses 2.0]

This seems ill advised. Will be interested in whether basketball ratings count in the metrics. They certainly should. That would produce some interesting results with FSU perhaps not faring as well as it thinks. UNC will BB at the helm might top the list overall. Hiring him makes even more sense now.

Feels like this is a disaster waiting to happen for the ACC.

Belichick helps but several other things are potentially coming online that will allow UNC to compete at a high level regardless of conference membership

 

[king conn]

So, wouldn't the schools that are scheduled in prime time on the most watched networks make this self perpetual?

Seems the TV network schedulers will determine who will be making more or less money in this league

 

[jostar1]

Imagine you are an ACC school that is getting a $7 million payment reduction and has to find $20 million for revenue sharing.

 

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[ec33]

That is the key. The next round of silliness begins in the build-up to the next round of TV contracts for 2030 and beyond.

 

[UConnJim]

Look how everything is lining up:

ACC: Can exit ACC for less than $100 million in 2029/2030
Big 10: media deal expires in 2029/2030
Big 12: media deal expires in 2030
CFP: deal expires in 2031
SEC: media contract expires in 2034

So, by 2026/2027, the conference realignment wheels will be rolling!