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[QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4342975, member: 1023"]
It matters but only at the margins.  Notre Dame get $+-10 million from the ACC.  Full members get +-$4o million. And that includes some payment for football.   New Big East members get $5.5 million for basketball, as the supposed 6th power conference.  The reality is that basketball has a value in the $5-7 million range.  Why?  In part football is just more popular.  But also you put your finger on the problem. Too many games and too many teams.  Play 33 games and most are pretty meaningless. UConn loses to Butler on. a Tuesday in January and nobody probably notices outside the two school fanbases.  UConn beats Michigan in football and it is THE top story of the weekend.  Play 12 games and each one matters.  You almost need to go undefeated to get into the fbs playoff.  Power conference members can go to the ncaa tournament by finishing 6th.  Regular season is meaningless.  I can turn on a game virtually any time, day or night in season and find someone playing someone.  The NCAA tournament is a different entity entirely.  It is probably worth more in itself than the whole college basketball regular season.
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