So with the talk of G5 schools and the ability to "keep up" let's look at some real numbers and try and figure out the "cut off" or in other words, who will (if anybody) and who will not be able to keep up.

AAC Revenues Expenses % Subsidy
UCONN 63.3 mil 63.4 mil 29%
Cincy 61.9 mil 59.9 mil 35%

Memphis 46.3 mil 46.5 mil 40%
USF 45.0 mil 44.6 mil 40%
UH 42.0 mil 42.6 mil 62%
UCF 41.2 mil 41.9 mil 55%

ECU 35.8 mil 36.6 mil 41%

Did not see Tulane, Temple, Tulsa, or Navy...if anybody has these please add.

Others of note:

UNLV 64.5 mil 63.6 mil 56%

New Mex 44.3 mil 45.0 mil 34%
Boise 43.1 mil 43.2 mil 26%

SDSU 39.2 mil 42.8 mil 44%
Air Force 39.0 mil 39.4 mil 65%
Army 37.2 mil 27.8 mil 30%
Fresno St. 33.7 mil 33.0 mil 38%


For scale:
Teams with Revenues in the 60's: NCSt, Oreg St., Maryland, Iowa St, UCONN, Cincy, Gtech

Teams with Revenues int he 50's: Colorado

Teams with Revenues in the 40's: Wash St, Utah, Memphis, USF, New Mex, Boise, UH, UCF

Teams with Revenues in the 30's: SDSU, AF, Army, ECU, Col St, Fresno, Delaware, Umass

Teams with Revenues in the 20's: Texas St, WY, Buffalo, UAB, Akron, E Mich, W Mich, WKY, Ohio, Ga St, VCU, UTSA

These are not every school in each bucket, just some schools for scale....


What stands out to me is this:

In the AAC the range is 60+ mil down to 30+ mil in revenues...similar ranges exist in the P5's as well.

The P5's subsidies are all 11% or less (except Rutgers which was a whopping 65%???) whereas the G5 subsidies were mostly 30% or higher.

Looking at all the data here, (other data needs to be included as well I'm sure)...what teams look like they would be able to make the cut and pay up if the P5 gets their way? I don't mean what schools WANT to make the cut, but who CAN make the cut, if any?

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