UConn in Top 75 most valuable Sports Programs

[pj]

Makes no real sense. There doesn’t seem to be a real correlation between revenue and value. We have higher revenue and far better programs than many ranked above us. Look at the values of BC, Cuse and Oregon State, They do nothing and their athletic departments are worth 2-3 times what ours is? I don’t think so. I think a P4 slot would triple or quadruple our value based on what I see here.

Tripling makes sense, that would put us around Pitt, Baylor, and Mississippi State. Quadrupling seems a reach, that would put us with Florida State, Stanford, Michigan State, Auburn.

Tripling would add about $360 million to our value which is the net present value of a $40 million revenue stream which is about the ACC or B12 payout increase from the Big East. So that makes sense.

 

[Hoophound]

Tripling makes sense, that would put us around Pitt, Baylor, and Mississippi State. Quadrupling seems a reach, that would put us with Florida State, Stanford, Michigan State, Auburn.

Tripling would add about $360 million to our value which is the net present value of a $40 million revenue stream which is about the ACC or B12 payout increase from the Big East. So that makes sense.

Right. However, my reasoning for saying 3-4x is that we actually have two big programs in basketball and our football would be comparable to those schools if in a P4. We also have a totally captive audience in a fairly large and wealthy market. We don’t share our market with anyone.

UConn is getting slandered in this. ECU etc. shouldn’t be in our zip code.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Right. However, my reasoning for saying 3-4x is that we actually have two big programs in basketball and our football would be comparable to those schools if in a P4. We also have a totally captive audience in a fairly large and wealthy market. We don’t share our market with anyone.

UConn is getting slandered in this. ECU etc. shouldn’t be in our zip code.

We should get the NPV of about 80% of the BE TV contract.

 

[Kolumbo]

It's the same circular illogic the dude from Locked on Big 12 initially used against UConn, claiming UConn didn't rank high enough in revenue, when we know it didn't rank higher because it didn't have P4 revenue. from this article, every program starts at 4x revenue and then the value is adjusted. UConn gets dinged for not being in a valuable conference while others get a conference bonus value. If UConn were in a power conference, it's value would probably be closer to 5x revenue or about 57th place. ($93m x 5 = $465m). And since revenue would also increase in a power conference it might bump UConn up to about 30th place ($130m x 5 = $650m). And so on....

"The revenue figures are from the Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for the fiscal year 2023. The list is reflective of the current enterprise value of each program, starting with a base revenue multiple of four for all institutions, and then adjusting the multiple for variables, including conference affiliation, estimated NIL spend, school subsidies, number of alumni and other factors that can catalyze future revenue growth and profitability."

 

[ZooCougar]

Football remains our biggest opportunity. Further investment will give us a good return and benefit the whole AD.