(04-21-2017 04:29 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(04-21-2017 03:36 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Conference revenue that moves the needle is a thing of the past.
In a ten team league, earning one more NCAA unit a year gives you $150,000 or so per member.
After the base payment, the performance CFP money is shuffling around small six digit numbers after splitting.
TV revenue is going to be small six digit numbers for G5.
MWC with their talk of more digital content and changing how they split TV money looks like they are preparing for a haircut in TV money.

I don't agree with this. I believe basketball is the one place a league with the right group of schools will make much more than that. There are a number of core schools that either a) have an extensive history of basketball success, b) developing a stronger basketball culture in this decade (and success that goes with it) or c) both of those.

It's schools in the conference that show absolutely no impetus to improve their basketball that is dragging down this league. Dropping that lower third of the conference this year and we have three, four or maybe even five in the top 100 - and that was in a bad year for several of the better basketball schools. In a more centralized conference structure with schools that are fully committed to basketball (and football) as the potential to produce a multi-bid league with additional opportunities to make Sweet 16 appearances or even a deeper run. Getting two bids annually with just one or two Sweet 16 appearances would double the per team take home over what we are getting now in NCAA units, so the change I want to see would be to do the following to drive down expenses and increase opportunities for revenue:

1. A core group of schools (9 or 10) that are fully committed to funding and competing at higher levels in basketball and football. Potentially higher revenues via performance and less expenses due to few members.

2. Somewhat more geographically centered alliance (i.e. these core schools would largely be from east of the Mississippi sans perhaps La Tech).

Math is math.
NCAA is going to give you six units every year just for having had a team earn the auto bid.

Earn an extra unit per year that is $1.5 million. Cut 10 ways that's not much money.

So if a conference gets two in per year, and wins one game per year on average (3 units) in a 10 team league that's $300,000 a year.

That's less than 1% of the average CUSA school's budget.

It's a good thing, it's better than not having it but it isn't much money.