ESPN/Projected BCS Revenue Sharing

NEW YORK -- The financial gap between college football's haves and have-nots is about to grow even larger.

During the 12-year contract for college football's new playoff format, the nation's five power conferences (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC) will earn an average of nearly $75 million more per year than the smaller leagues known as the "group of five."

It leaves an average of $345 million annually, which the commissioners have decided to split in two ways: 75 percent ($258.75 million) divided equally among the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC, and the remaining 25 percent ($86.25 million) divided among the Big East, MWC, MAC, C-USA and Sun Belt.

From 2014 to 2025, the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC will earn an average of at least $91 million annually, sources told ESPN Tuesday. By comparison, the average for the group of five -- Big East, Mountain West, Mid-American, Conference USA and Sun Belt -- during that 12-year period will be about $17.25 million annually.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...ources-say

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Based upon the above, it may be wise for the SBC to stay at 10 football members. Under the estimate, that will be $1.7M per SBC member. Go to 12 and that will be $1.4M per SBC member.

Why expand now that the distribution amount from the playoff is known? SB is getting 17.25 million like the other group of 5 conferences. Only except split between 8 teams yields 2,156,250/school and anymore teams added splits the pie. The difference will be the bball side and NCAA credits. You can add 1 more FB only team (NMSU) so you can have 4 home and 4 away conference schedule and you have a nice 10 team league for basketball.

That's only for the playoff format, am I correct? So each conference is going to still have it's own TV deals, etc? i.e. the SEC's monster CBS deal, the B1G TV deal, etc.

If the above is true, then it's still important to have the correct markets (I didn't say programs) so that when you get a new TV deal, you have more TV sets to offer. That won't stop the expansion madness.

Next, I think I read somewhere that the shares are not expected to be equal - I think the Big East is pushing for a larger slice of the group of 5 pie.

If that's the case, then it's still:

Big East <<<< MWC <<<<<< CUSA/MAC <<<<<< SBC <<<< FCS

(12-12-2012 04:27 PM)RaiderDoug Wrote:  Next, I think I read somewhere that the shares are not expected to be equal - I think the Big East is pushing for a larger slice of the group of 5 pie.

Correct! but the 5 conferences get to decide how the money will be divided. Big East is outnumbered and if the other small guys stick together they can demand an equal split.

(12-12-2012 04:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 04:27 PM)RaiderDoug Wrote:  Next, I think I read somewhere that the shares are not expected to be equal - I think the Big East is pushing for a larger slice of the group of 5 pie.

Correct! but the 5 conferences get to decide how the money will be divided. Big East is outnumbered and if the other small guys stick together they can demand an equal split.

I think its split equally. The difference is the conference who gets to go to the Group of 5 auto-bid keeps the bowl $$. In addition, TV renvenue and NCAA credits will be the other difference makers. Now with Ark. St. new coach, I can see the SB rising above CUSA.
EDIT: besides with CUSA at 14 teams the SB will get $684k(9fb teams) to 924k (8 teams)more/school in playoff $$ than CUSA.

So the money is no longer divided up based on a conferences performance for the year?

(12-12-2012 05:44 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  So the money is no longer divided up based on a conferences performance for the year?

Starting in 2014 not that I see. (It still may be determine between the group of 5 but seems that portion will be equally distributed)

The current system had the BCS bowl money comingled if a non-aq got into a BCS bowl. It appears that from what I understand from articles read that the bowl money from the Group of 5 auto-bid is separate.
Now if that is the case, I could see a deal made within the Group of 5 that conference getting the auto-bid keeps the bowl $$ and that would take place of the performance allocation.