Big payday coming for Big Ten
"This year, the NCAA will pay each conference $250,106 per game that its teams played in the tournament from 2008 to 2013. Next year, when the distribution from this season is included, units will be worth $255,379.
The NCAA says units paid out in 2016 and 2017 have already been calculated at $260,525 and $265,791, respectively. That puts the projection of the total value of units earned in this year's tournament at close to $1.6 million. Units earned from this tournament will be paid in mid-April from 2015 to 2020.
Based on the projections and its showing in this year's tournament, the Pac-12 will make $22.4 million off the 14 games its schools played, while the SEC and Big 12 will make $20.8 million off the 13 games their schools played.
What's impressive about the SEC's showing is that only three of its schools made the tournament, with Tennessee reaching the Sweet 16 and Kentucky and Florida making it to the Final Four. A lackluster showing by the ACC, which saw none of its teams make it past the Sweet 16, and a surprising run by UConn, gave the ACC and American Athletic Conference 11 shares each that will be worth about $17.6 million in the next six years."
Per team by conference:
B1G 2.13 Millon
B12 2.08 Million
PAC 1.86
Million
AAC 1.76 Million
SEC 1.48 Million
ACC 1.17 Million
FSU fans have heard it said that FSU just needs to return to greatness to fix ACC football - well, you have every right to give it back to Duke, UNC, NC State, Syracuse and Pitt (and to some extent, Virginia). The NCAA Tournament performance was TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, IMO.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the thought rarely enters my mind. I root for their success in the sport they love most. But I rarely lose sight that regardless.....when 80% of the revenue comes from football.....what I wish more, is for them to invest at a competitive level in football so the ACC can become stable.
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