NCAA revenue sharing

[visitingcock]

Okay, this is all new and I could be wrong, but it appears that UConn will get no more money than SCar for the 2025 championship. Furthermore, it appears that neither will earn more than Texas or UCLA.

Each team gets a “ unit” share for each game they play in the tournament except the championship game. Thus:
First round and out gets 1 unit
32 round and out gets two units
sweet 16 and out gets 3 units
Elite and out gets 4 units
Final 4 participants all get 5 units only

Fox estimates that a unit in the 2025 tournament will have a value of $130,000. Thus, the Final Four teams will each earn $650,000. However, it is paid to the team’s conference rather than the school. That money will be divided among the member schools by whatever the individual conferences have agreed upon.

Of course, the Big got the most teams in the tournament ( but has more members than the SEC). Most conferences got only one or two bids. I’m sorry, I don’t have the time to breakdown how many “units” were earned by each conference. Someone will get to it eventually.
Some thoughts

UConn should have gotten 7 units for the Bug East. SCar should have gotten 6 units but that’s not the way it works.

As I understand it, a school can use its entire proceeds for NIL or none at all. The p-4 will have more moneys from more units and can afford to spend more of it on NIL. The rich get richer . Non P-5s other than UConn are gonna fall further behind in collection of talent. I’m not optimistic for the future of G-5 women’s basketball. I’m not crazy about where we are headed. Money rules.

Anyway, please point out if I’m wrong about anything I’ve said. Calculate some conference total units if you feel the desire . ( I may calculate the SEC totals later today)

 

[visitingcock]

Okay.

Final Four
SCar 5 units
Texas 5 units

Elite Eight
LSU 4 units

Sweet 16
Tenn 3 units
Oklahoma 3 units
Ole Miss 3 units

Round 2
Bama 2 units
MIss State 2 units

One and Done
Vandy 1 unit

28 units at $130,000 per unit means the conference gets 3.64 million to split.

THEORETICALLY
At 16 members, that’s $ 227,000 on average per school . With full 15 team rosters, an average SEC player would earn $15,133.33 before the boosters collectives kick in. Does anybody know how the SEC allocated its mbb shares in the past?

 

[WBBTakeover]

ACC (8 teams made the 2025 NCAA Tournament)

Duke (Elite 8): 4 units

Notre Dame (Sweet 16): 3 units
NC State (Sweet 16): 3 units
UNC (Sweet 16): 3 units

Florida State (Round of 32): 2 units
Louisville (Round of 32): 2 units

Cal (Round of 64): 1 unit
Georgia Tech (Round of 64): 1 unit

19 units = $2,470,000

Per ACC school: $137,222.22

Theoretical per player average: $9,148.14

 

[visitingcock]

ACC (8 teams made the 2025 NCAA Tournament)

Duke (Elite 8): 4 units

Notre Dame (Sweet 16): 3 units
NC State (Sweet 16): 3 units
UNC (Sweet 16): 3 units

Florida State (Round of 32): 2 units
Louisville (Round of 32): 2 units

Cal (Round of 64): 1 unit
Georgia Tech (Round of 64): 1 unit

19 units = $2,470,000

Per ACC school: $137,222.22

Theoretical per player average: $9,148.14

Thanks for that. I’ll try to do the Big 12 tonight since they have few members on this board. Hopefully a Big Ten fan will step up.

 

[CL82]

Thanks for that. I’ll try to do the Big 12 tonight since they have few members on this board. Hopefully a Big Ten fan will step up.

This was interesting, if you get a chance, can you do the big east totals as well?

 

[visitingcock]

This was interesting, if you get a chance, can you do the big east totals as well?

Well

UConn earned 5 units as champs
Creighton earned one unit

6 total units at $130,00 brings the conference a total of $780,000 for the 11 teams. Thus, there will be $70,909 per team theoretically- or $4727 per player on a full team

 

[visitingcock]

Okay, let’s look at the Big 12

Elite 8
TCU - 4 units

Sweet 16
KState 3 units

Round of 32
WVU 2 units
Baylor 2 units

One/done
OK State 1 unit
Iowa St 1 unit

TOTAL UNITS= 13
Total Conference pay = $1,690,000

Split among 16 (?) teams is $ 105,635. Theoretical player shares would be $ 7042 for a 15 player team.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Question: does a play-in team generate a unit?

 

[visitingcock]

Question: does a play-in team generate a unit?

I’m pretty sure ( not positive) that they do. So, I guess a play-in team can theoretically earn 6 units if they run to the final four. They would deserve it if it were to happen.

 

[Sifaka]

“Each team gets a “ unit” share for each game they play in the tournament except the championship game. ”

A close reading of text allows for two opposed interpretations of the above:

1. The championship game is not compensated.
or

2. Participants in the championship game are compensated at a rate exceeding one unit.

Assuming the NCAA is the source, the ambiguity is normal. A sub-committee will be empowered to study the matter and release a muddled report at a date to be determined, or not.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

I feel like the two teams that play in Final are equally responsible for the viewership, which I think is the idea behind the reward rather than strictly winning.

 

[visitingcock]

I feel like the two teams that play in Final are equally responsible for the viewership, which I think is the idea behind the reward rather than strictly winning.

What reward? they get no reward as far as I can tell.

As written, all 4 of the final four teams get paid a u it for the final four but no units are awarded for the championship game.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

What reward? they get no reward as far as I can tell.

As written, all 4 of the final four teams get paid a u it for the final four but no units are awarded for the championship game.

The reward is the additional money. Tied to share of the broadcast money probably rather than a bonus for winning.

 

[visitingcock]

The reward is the additional money. Tied to share of the broadcast money probably rather than a bonus for winning.

There is no additional broadcast money. The NCAA owns the broadcast rights to the tournament. Not the teams.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

There is no additional broadcast money. The NCAA owns the broadcast rights to the tournament. Not the teams.

this is very frustrating. I'll show myself out.

 

[TC22]

I feel like the two teams that play in Final are equally responsible for the viewership, which I think is the idea behind the reward rather than strictly winning.

All teams in the FF get the same # of units. There is no extra unit for making the championship game OR for winning it. I don’t agree with it, but that’s the rules.

 

[visitingcock]

Big Ten
Final Four
UCLA-5

Elite 8
U$C -4

S16
Maryland -3

R 32
Iowa - 2
Indiana - 2
I’ll -2
tOSU - 2
Mich - 2

One and done
Washington -1
Oregon -1

Total units = 24
24 units at $130,000 equals $3,120,000 total earnings.

Theoretical NIL
$173,333 average per school
$ 11,555.53 per player per roster of 15