Conference Payout Note

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/sec-527-4-million-in-2014-2015-32-7-million-sec-school.120702/

DotCom

"That $32 million per school figure in the SEC isn't surprising. We wrote a story last summer that pointed out that the estimated revenue for the SEC would be around that amount (the actual amount is actually about $1 million more than was estimated). The Big10 is in the same ballpark. Hard to put a hard number on the ACC payout but as we noted in the story from last July, Stan Wilcox was quoted as telling the BOT that FSU's cut would be something over $22 million. Since he specifically said $22 million it's pretty obvious the amount isn't going to be much more than that, maybe $23 million. But the point is that SEC and BIG10 schools are getting somewhere in a range of $10 million more each from their respective conferences. That's a huge disparity that's probably only going to get wider. "



"Unfortunately, your memory may not be so correct and the deficit numbers are NOT so ACC good.

According to a recent article that appeared in the Washington Post on November 23, 2015, entitled "Playing in the Red" at http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/wp/2015/11/23/running-up-the-bills/, it squarely contradicts your memory.

This Washington Post article reports that in 2014:

• 10 of the 13 state universities in the SEC operated in the BLACK. Only three SEC schools, i.e., Auburn, Ole Miss and South Carolina, operated in the RED. Private school Vanderbilt did not report; and

• In contrast, all NINE of the state universities in the ACC operated in the RED in 2014, including unfortunately FSU. Private schools BC, Duke, Miami, ND, Syracuse and WFU did not report.

Worth especially noting from the Washington Post article is that while Ole Miss and South Carolina each operated in the RED in 2014, their deficits were much smaller than all NINE ACC schools that operated in the RED in 2014. Only Auburn had a greater operating deficit in 2014.

Nonetheless, both Auburn and Virginia were off the chart in deficit each at about -$17 million.

Rutgers, however, was the king of RED at -$36 million in 2014.

In 2014, Florida operated in the BLACK at +$10.6 million, and Alabama operated in the Black at $27.1 million. Georgia also operated in the BLACK at $7.7 million. Tennessee also was in the BLACK but barely at -$0.1 million, while MSU was in the BLACK at +$5.2 million and Missouri was in the BLACK at +$2 million. Texas A&M and LSU were each in the BLACK at +$22.6 million and +$10.7 million, respectively. Even Arkansas operated in the BLACK at +$0.2 million.

FSU in 2014 operated in the RED at -$2.1 million.

After the $32.7 million payout per school in 2014-2015, I wonder if the SEC RED for those three schools has gone away.

If only FSU was in the SEC, the FSU's RED may be gone too. And, if so, just maybe, FSU would have reduced the ticket prices, parking fees and Booster contributions for the upcoming year or could have accelerated buying down the $79.5 million bond to renovate the stadium. "

FSU Factoid

David Hale ‏@DavidHaleESPN 7m7 minutes ago

David Hale Retweeted Pastor Tree

FSU - 21

Clemson - 16

TCU - 13

Air Force - 12

W Kent - 10 https://twitter.com/PastorTree/status/715265604744323072 …

 

David Hale added,

Pastor Tree @PastorTree

Excuse me @philsteele042 or @DavidHaleESPN what FBS team has the nation's longest ACTIVE home winning streak? Thanks

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DBU

FSU Football ‏@FSU_Football 1m1 minute ago                       

Deion + Jimbo + Jalen pic.twitter.com/40ZHJQX2ID

         

Deion Sanders and Jalen Ramsey

FSU Draft Factoids of the Day

Seminoles Recruiting ‏@FSU_Recruiting 2h2 hours ago

#FSU has had 5 DBs drafted in the first 3 rounds over the last 3 #NFL drafts. (2 more than any other school) #DBU pic.twitter.com/8KVJ0HJ7Wu

Tino Sunseri ‏@CoachTSunseri Mar 29

It's easy to see why being a Nole is the only option. Compete and become the best at your position. #FearTheSpear pic.twitter.com/GXQmBcZP92

11:10 AM - 29 Mar 2016 · Details

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Great article from ACC Football RX and insight from Lou.

I have long said this, just not as eloquently.  The money didn't come from Syracuse and Pitt....it was the time.

It also was due to the undervaluing of the ACC (it was a weak contract to start with) as well as the market showed an increase in sports programming.

Sadly, the ACC consistently argues it was these schools who added that value.  Not accurate.  ACC far too often does not accurately define who adds value to the conference.



http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/03/time-value-of-tv-contracts.html


"Remember former guest writer and always FSU fan Lou_C? Lou has an interesting take on the difference between the ACC and SEC TV contracts.

...At some point, I'm afraid the only real game-changer financially that is at our disposal is extending the rights deal. Presumably, that would be part of a deal for a network, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. Remember, along with the SEC network deal, the SEC extended their deal to 2035. That can not be ignored...a big part of that chunk they are now getting is based on extending their deal...

Remember what the 2010 ACC TV deal was providing before Syracuse and Pitt were added? $13M per school per year average. The addition of Syracuse and Pitt pushed the payment up to like $17M, and the partial addition of ND (and the GOR) have pushed it to $20M average.

No disrespect to anyone, but does anyone even remotely think that Syracuse+Pitt raised the value of the ACC 30%, or throwing in ND basketball, increased the value by 50%? So that they not only paid for their own shares, but that much of an increase for everyone else? That simply defies credulity.

No, the biggest reason for the increase is that the ACC extended their deal by FOUR YEARS. That's what ESPN was mostly paying for...locking up additional years. It's always, always in the best interest of the networks to lock of properties for as long as possible to keep them off the open market. How much of the ACC's $7m increase was based off that extension? My guess is that realistically, probably $4-5M per school. It's really hard to imagine that SU + Pitt would have done a lot more than just hold onto the average per team value.

So if the ACC picked up $4M per school for extending four years, how much of the SEC's contract is sweetened by extending their contract a full TEN YEARS? The SEC contract is great, and their payouts are great, but let's not forget there is a lot more behind it than a bunch of crazy SEC fans demanding their network. They got paid big time for extending their contract big time, it's now the longest current rights deal in sports.

The B1G contract will come up soon, and will probably run to somewhere in the early 30s I'm guessing. The SEC contract runs through 2035. Soon, the ACC will know what it's up against. I expect then that we'll see a new ACC-ESPN deal, probably including a network, extended out to 2036 or so. I don't think it would be totally crazy to see it be closer to the SEC TV payments than people might expect (although definitely behind). Because locking yourself up for an additional ten years is worth a lot. It just is.

__________

Well, does Lou know what he's talking about? Sure - it's called "Present Worth of Arithmetic Gradient Series". Let's do a very simple math exercise...

Imagine a TV contract much like the ACC's which pays an average of $20 million per year per team, started in 2012, and runs through 2026, increasing payouts by $1 million per team each year. Now, extend that contract 9 more years...

Year $M 2012 13 2013 14 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 2022 23 2023 24 2024 25 2025 26 2026 27 Average: $20M

Year $M 2012 13 2013 14 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 2022 23 2023 24 2024 25 2025 26 2026 27 2027 28 2028 29 2029 30 2030 31 2031 32 2032 33 2033 34 2034 35 2035 36 Average: $24.5M

VOILA! An increase of $4.5 million per year (on average) just for extending the contact.

I guess that Lou guy knows a thing or two!

*** see also Present Worth of Arithmetic Gradient Series ***"

FSU Factoids of the Day

Pick Six Previews ‏@PickSixPreviews 5m5 minutes ago                       

50+ Wins, last 5 years:

62 - Alabama

58 - FSU

57 - Oregon

56 - Clemson, OSU

54 - MSU, NIU, Stanford

52 - Boise St

50 - Baylor, LSU, OU, UGA

Pick Six Previews ‏@PickSixPreviews 5m5 minutes ago

Most Wins in Florida, last 5 years:

58 - FSU

39 - Florida

36 - Central Florida, Miami

22 - South Florida

21 - FIU

16 - FAU

Phil Steele ‏@philsteele042 Mar 25

Most wins FBS s/2010

1. Alabama 72

2. Oregon 69

3. Florida St 68

4. Stanford 66

5 Mich St, N Illinois 65

7 Boise St 64

8 Clemson, Oklahoma

 

 

 

Phil Steele ‏@philsteele042 3h3 hours ago

Active Bowl Streaks

1. Florida St 34 straight years

2. Virginia Tech 23

3. Georgia 19

4. Oklahoma 17

5 LSU 16

6. Wisconsin, Boise St 14

FSU football ticket renewals

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2016/03/26/fsu-football-ticket-renewals-strong-despite-price-increase/82306660/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


"Despite an adjustment to Florida State’s ticket priority policy, the Seminoles are on pace to surpass last year’s number of season tickets sold for the 2016 football season.
Jack Chatham, FSU’s assistant athletic director of ticket operations and service, said season ticket renewal percentage is trending at a rate comparable to the record-setting mark in 2014.
The Seminoles sold 45,000 season tickets following their 2013 national championship season.
Chatham expects 2016 renewals to reach 40,000 – an increase over last year’s mark of 38,500 and the most it can accommodate due to Doak Campbell Stadium renovations and opponent ticket guarantees.

 

Stadium capacity will be reduced from 82,300 to 78,000 due to the new construction in the south end zone that is replacing about 9,000 bleacher seats with the indoor-outdoor premium seating Champions Club.
“We are trending right now comparable to where we were in 2014 as far as renewal percentage at this point and time,” Chatham said Friday.
“We all know how ’14 turned out from a sales and attendance standpoint. We are much ahead of last year; we are almost 10 points ahead of where we were this time last year and light years of ahead of where we were in 2013.”
Thursday is the deadline for season ticket holders to renew for the 2016 season. Chatham said FSU has received just under 24,000 season ticket renewals and 2,000 in new sales."

 

The numbers would appear to reflect the excitement surrounding the upcoming season, even if the cost to watch FSU football games for Seminole Boosters and season-ticket holders has increased.

Last November, the FSU Athletics Board approved changes to the Seminoles’ ticket priority policy beginning this season, saying the adjustments were necessary to compete at an elite level and add value to the fan experience.
Changes included an increase of slightly more than 8-percent across every Seminole Boosters, Inc., donor membership level and a method that sets minimum per-seat requirements by section.
The ticket holders most affected by the new policy are those who have purchased the full allotment of seats in the highest demand sections (west side middle sections) and have contributed only the minimum donation required for those seats in past years.
It represented the first change in the policy by the FSU Athletics Board in 10 years."

"School officials have said FSU, even with the adopted changes, still is below the average donation requirement of most of its geographic peers in the ACC and SEC.
Jerry Kutz, senior vice president of Capital Campaigns and Projects for Seminole Boosters, Inc., the fundraising arm of the athletics department, explained the revenue generated by the new policy requirements will allow it to help offset the $2 million annual increase in scholarship costs brought on by the cost of attendance for student-athletes.
The money also is funding the new scoreboards, ribbon boards and sound system in Doak Campbell Stadium.

“We do appreciate the sacrifice our donors make to have a nationally competitive product on the field and a great weekend experience when they come for a home game,” Kutz said. “We feel these priority changes were absolutely necessary in order to deliver what our fans want at Florida State."
While coming off a 10-3 season that ended with a 38-24 defeat to Houston in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, pundits expert the Seminoles to be significantly better this year.
FSU plays seven home games, highlighted by showdowns with ACC rival and national champion runner-up Clemson (Oct. 29) and state rival Florida (Nov. 26). It also features a Friday night game against Boston College on Veterans Day (Nov. 11).
Doak Campbell Stadium is undergoing one of its largest renovation projects with the addition of the 5,827-seat Champions Club.
The new premium indoor-outdoor seating section in the south end zone is on schedule to be completed for the Seminoles’ home opener against Charleston Southern Sept. 10.
Approximately 2,600 seats have been sold to the Champions Club, according to Kutz. He said the organization’s goal is to reach 3,000 seats sold by FSU’s home opener."

"Average Home Attendance
Last Five Years
2015: 73,219
2014: 82,211
2013: 75,421
2012: 75,601
2011: 77,842"

FSU Football Facilities Update

FSU FootballVerified account ‏@FSU_Football 47m47 minutes ago

A plan to install more than 9,368 square feet of LED video displays in Doak S. Campbell Stadium has been approved. http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32900&ATCLID=210833889 …

 

Ariya Massoudi ‏@AriyaMassoudi 36m36 minutes ago

Also, believe the new board in the North Endzone will be the 2nd largest video board in college football behind only Auburn.

Which college football teams have the most success per dollar

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/3/24/11283338/ncaa-football-teams-costs-spending-expenses?_ga=1.98685598.185746018.1440342154

The most successful programs, like Alabama and Ohio State, have been rewarded with national championships after they splurged on big-name coaches. However, there are many other programs, like Texas and Miami, who continue pumping money through the system without much recent success.

Since there are anecdotes to back up both, I decided to look at each FBS program to see which schools are getting the best and worst bang for their buck.

To see how much each school spent on football, I looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education. To measure on-field results, the Massey composite, an index that averages dozens of rankings including the AP Poll and computer ratings. (That means Alabama finishes a little lower than you'd expect. The Tide had 13 combined losses in 2006 and 2007, for what it's worth.)

Spending data was not available for the service academies, so Army, Navy, and Air Force are excluded, as are schools that have been FBS for fewer than 10 seasons.

The result spans from Auburn ($32.1 million on football-related expenses per year and one national championship) and Alabama ($31.4 million and four titles) to ULM ($3.1 million, though with at least more football success than some schools)."

 

 

"

Maryland and NC State had the smallest discrepancies between their spending and on-field performance, which puts them right on our chart's dotted line.

Syracuse, Colorado, and Virginia had the most distance between their spending and on-field rankings. Those teams have been so awful on the field, they don't come close to living up to their pedestrian spending. The Orange have spent an average of $18.2 million, with only three bowl trips to show for it.

Before you make too much fun of Syracuse, take these with several grains of salt.

The accounting methods many of these schools use are quite dishonest. Schools will report inflated costs in order to keep their reported profits lower, so they can cry poor when asking taxpayers and students for financial assistance. To inflate costs, schools will charge their athletic programs for things like "overhead," "university fundraising," and even "library renovations." And when athletic programs give out scholarships, programs can get charged the full price for an out-of-state student even though the marginal cost to the school for bringing on an extra student is minimal.

In the 2014 fiscal year, 26 of the 115 schools in our data set (22.6 percent), reported profits of $0, meaning their football-related expenses and revenues were exactly equal. If we are to believe the accounting, about one-fourth of college football programs at the top level neither profit nor lose a single dollar.

The most entertaining case that stuck out was TCU, which claimed that in every single year from 2005 to 2011, the school perfectly balanced its football expenses and revenues.

And while this data has its limitations, it's good for giving you a ballpark estimate. It's uncertain which schools most exaggerate their spending, but it is certain that no matter how much they exaggerate there's no way in hell a school like Iowa State can report spending levels similar to Ohio State.

For what it's worth, there was a 0.79 correlation between schools' on-field rankings and their football-related expense rankings. In other words, there's a pretty strong relationship.

Here's everything.

This sortable table shows each team's average Massey ranking, average spending ranking, and average difference.

	Conf.	Success	Spending	Diff.
Akron	MAC	103.7	100.8	-2.9
Alabama	SEC	11.6	5.9	-5.7
Arizona	P12	41.6	43.1	1.5
Arizona State	P12	40.5	20.5	-20
Arkansas	SEC	33.9	12.8	-21.1
Arkansas State	SBC	79	112	33
Auburn	SEC	29.4	2.5	-26.9
Ball State	MAC	81	101.9	20.9
Baylor	B12	44	45.8	1.8
Boise State	MWC	20.6	83.3	62.7
Boston College	ACC	54.5	28	-26.5
Bowling Green	MAC	77.4	109.1	31.7
Buffalo	MAC	96.3	101.6	5.3
BYU	FBSI	29.1	63.3	34.2
Cal	P12	48.5	27.9	-20.6
Central Michigan	MAC	77.1	97.7	20.6
Cincinnati	AAC	37.5	65.9	28.4
Clemson	ACC	24.6	28	3.4
Colorado	P12	85.9	44.8	-41.1
Colorado State	MWC	86.9	77.6	-9.3
Connecticut	AAC	69.5	51.8	-17.7
Duke	ACC	76.6	42.1	-34.5
East Carolina	AAC	63.2	77.6	14.4
Eastern Michigan	MAC	114.2	104.9	-9.3
Florida	SEC	20.1	11.3	-8.8
FAU	CUSA	97	102.9	5.9
FIU	CUSA	103.7	88.2	-15.5
Florida State	ACC	21.4	30.4	9
Fresno State	MWC	70	83.7	13.7
Georgia	SEC	19.5	16.8	-2.7
Georgia Tech	ACC	41.2	44.9	3.7
Hawaii	MWC	79.7	76.3	-3.4
Houston	AAC	51.5	80.7	29.2
Idaho	SBC	108.6	110	1.4
Illinois	B10	71.4	56.1	-15.3
Indiana	B10	83.4	50.5	-32.9
Iowa	B10	40	15.1	-24.9
Iowa State	B12	78.1	56.8	-21.3
Kansas	B12	78.2	47.7	-30.5
Kansas State	B12	46.5	57.1	10.6
Kent State	MAC	98.2	110	11.8
Kentucky	SEC	65	51.5	-13.5
UL-Lafayette	SBC	87.8	106.9	19.1
ULM	SBC	97.7	115.7	18
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	74.5	106.5	32
Louisville	ACC	44.7	44	-0.7
LSU	SEC	11.7	13.2	1.5
Marshall	CUSA	74.5	88.2	13.7
Maryland	B10	65.7	65.3	-0.4
Memphis	AAC	90.9	73.4	-17.5
Miami	ACC	44.9	17.2	-27.7
Miami (Ohio)	MAC	105.8	93.8	-12
Michigan	B10	38.8	19.9	-18.9
Michigan State	B10	30.3	24.2	-6.1
MTSU	CUSA	83	87.9	4.9
Minnesota	B10	65.9	45.4	-20.5
Mississippi State	SEC	42.1	64.1	22
Missouri	SEC	28.8	49.6	20.8
NC State	ACC	61.9	61.7	-0.2
Nebraska	B10	30.3	26.3	-4
Nevada	MWC	64.4	100.3	35.9
New Mexico	MWC	96.5	87.3	-9.2
New Mexico State	SBC	115.3	97.9	-17.4
North Carolina	ACC	49.5	43.7	-5.8
North Texas	CUSA	107.3	104.9	-2.4
NIU	MAC	60.1	90.4	30.3
Northwestern	B10	57.3	36.3	-21
Notre Dame	FBSI	32.8	10	-22.8
Ohio	MAC	79.1	92.1	13
Ohio State	B10	10.4	7	-3.4
Oklahoma	B12	11.2	13.2	2
Oklahoma State	B12	25.1	41.6	16.5
Ole Miss	SEC	45.1	55.1	10
Oregon	P12	11.3	33.1	21.8
Oregon State	P12	44.8	60.2	15.4
Penn State	B10	33	14.9	-18.1
Pitt	ACC	47.3	36.5	-10.8
Purdue	B10	77.7	52.2	-25.5
Rice	CUSA	83.4	67.2	-16.2
Rutgers	B10	52.9	27.8	-25.1
San Diego State	MWC	73.4	71	-2.4
San Jose State	MWC	85	101	16
SMU	AAC	88.4	59.6	-28.8
South Carolina	SEC	32.8	20.7	-12.1
South Florida	AAC	62.2	67.8	5.6
Southern Miss	CUSA	75.8	95.5	19.7
Stanford	P12	30.9	40	9.1
Syracuse	ACC	77	30.9	-46.1
TCU	B12	22.5	18.4	-4.1
Temple	AAC	80.2	65.5	-14.7
Tennessee	SEC	42	25.7	-16.3
Texas	B12	26.5	8.1	-18.4
Texas A&M	SEC	35.2	30.6	-4.6
Texas Tech	B12	75.1	40	-35.1
Toledo	MAC	73.9	94.4	20.5
Troy	SBC	105.7	109.5	3.8
Tulane	AAC	66.9	81.2	14.3
Tulsa	AAC	101.1	74	-27.1
UCF	AAC	65	69.6	4.6
UCLA	P12	43.9	27.8	-16.1
UNLV	MWC	102.6	87	-15.6
USC	P12	17.5	13.3	-4.2
Utah	P12	33.5	63.6	30.1
Utah State	MWC	77.9	106.4	28.5
UTEP	CUSA	98.4	82.5	-15.9
Va Tech	ACC	28.5	20.9	-7.6
Vanderbilt	SEC	67.1	36.7	-30.4
Virginia	ACC	68.9	30.6	-38.3
Wake Forest	ACC	67.5	54.5	-13
Washington	P12	51.5	17.7	-33.8
Washington State	P12	76.3	69.3	-7
West Virginia	B12	31	44.7	13.7
Western Michigan	MAC	80.8	99.1	18.3
Wisconsin	B10	21.4	12.1	-9.3
Wyoming	MWC	90.3	95.9	5.6

 

FSU Golf Major Winners, ACC vs SEC Golf Major Winners

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/fsu-vs-uf-in-pga-major-winners-all-time.119292/#post-1914405

"  I wanted to know which one, FSU or UF, had more Major (Masters, US Open, The Open, & PGA) winners.

UF Majors Winners:
Andy North-- 1978 & 1985 US Open
Mark Calcavecchia-- 1989 The Open
Tommy Aaron-- 1973 Masters

FSU Major Winners:
Paul Azinger-- 1993 PGA
Hubert Green-- 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA
Jeff Sluman-- 1988 PGA

It is amazing that is is tied 4 each. I didn't know that Andy North was a Gator at all. I think going forward FSU has a real chance at getting another major winner soon with Jonas Blixit, Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger, and George McNeill on tour. Can't wait for the Masters soon."



https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/acc-vs-sec-in-major-pga-golf-winners.119727/


"I decided to see who had the most PGA Major wins between the SEC vs ACC. Some of these names will blow you away.

It is not even close!!! If you currently use the members of the SEC and ACC as they are now then here are the totals:

SEC-- 11 Major winners:
David Toms LSU (1)
Jason Dufner Auburn (1)
Mark Calcavecchia UF (1)
Tommy Aaron UF (1)
Jerry Pate Bama (1)
Andy North UF (2)
John Daly Ark (2)
Bubba Watson UGA (2)
Cary Middlecoff Ole Miss (3) -- (side note also became a dentist. True respect from me since I am a dentist)

ACC -- 37 Major Winners:
Lanny Watkins WF (1)
Jeff Sluman FSU (1)
Paul Azinger FSU (1)
Davis Love UNC (1)
David Duval GT (1)
Stewart Cink GT (1)
Larry Mize GT (1)
Darren Clarke WF (1)
Webb Simpson WF (1)
Art Walls Jr Duke (1)
Sam Parks Jr Pitt (1)
Lucas Glover Clemson (1)
Hubert Green FSU (2)
Curtis Strange WF (2)
Billy Casper ND (3)
Raymond Floyd UNC (4)
Bobby Jones GT (7)- plus a whole lot more
Arnold Palmer WF (7)-- stud"

FSU College of Medicine Rankings

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/fsu-com-ranked-one-of-top-10-most-competitive-medical-schools-to-get-into.119034/#post-1908675


FSU CoM ranked one of top 10 most competitive medical schools to get into


http://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates

But overall we're ranked in the bottom 25% for research.

*RNP denotes an institution that is ranked in the bottom one-fourth of all medical and osteopathic schools. U.S. News calculates a rank for the school but has decided not to publish it.


Research Rankings:
#40 UF
#44 Miami
#63 USF
#88 UCF
*RNP FSU

Primary Care Rankings:
#62 UF
#67 USF
#84 Miami
#87 FSU
*RNP UCF

Student Enrollment:
Miami - 809
USF - 701
UF - 551
FSU - 485
UCF - 456

ACC and NCAA tourney

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2016/3/19/11269070/economics-of-the-2016-ncaa-basketball-tournament

"So what does this mean for FSU, and since the ACC splits the money evenly, are the Noles propping up other programs or vice versa?

Last year's tourney was the best in ACC history. The ACC played in 21 eligible games, which is remarkable, considering the previous year saw only nine games. Already in 2016 the ACC is guaranteed to play in at least 13, so times are good.

Regardless, here's how that distribution looked after last year. Each unit from this year's tournament is worth $265,791, though past units are not worth quite as much. For simplicity, we'll average them out and assign each unit (game played) with a value of $258,000.

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total	Value
Duke	5	3	1	4	1	5	19	$4,902,000
North Carolina		4	4	2	2	3	15	$3,870,000
NC State			3	1	1	3	8	$2,064,000
Florida State	1	3	2				6	$1,548,000
Virginia			1		3	2	6	$1,548,000
Notre Dame						4	4	$1,032,000
Louisville						4	4	$1,032,000
Clemson	1	2					3	$774,000
Miami				3			3	$774,000
Maryland	2						2	$516,000
Wake Forest	2						2	$516,000
Georgia Tech	2						2	$516,000
Syracuse					2		2	$516,000
Boston College							0	$0
Virginia Tech							0	$0
Pittsburgh							0	$0
	13	12	11	10	9	21	76	$19,608,000

So last year's conference distribution was $19,608,000, or $1,307,200 per team. FSU had brought in $1,548,000 over the six-year window, and thus was slightly subsidizing ACC teams, though not nearly to the tune of North Carolina or Duke. Eleven teams all brought in less than they received."

FSU Talking Points

http://www.advocateforfloridastate.fsu.edu/site/PageServer?pagename=talking_points

Talking Points
One of the most academically accomplished freshmen classes in Florida State history is at the forefront of the university’s exemplary accomplishments for the 2015-2016 academic year. With an average GPA of 4.0 (4.4 among honors students) and median SAT scores of 1856 (out of a possible 2400), the nearly 6,200 freshmen who enrolled in 2015 elevated FSU’s academic standing to new heights. In addition:

• A report by The Business Journals identifies Florida State as one of the nation’s best public universities, ranking FSU No. 31 out of 484 four-year public institutions.

• The most recent World University Rankings by Times Higher Education has Florida State included among the best universities in the world. FSU is one of just 147 U.S. institutions on the list of 800 worldwide, and among U.S. public universities Florida State is tied with 10 others at No. 32.
• U.S. News ranked Florida State as the 2^nd most efficient university in the nation.  U.S. News looked at the public and private colleges that scored the highest on overall undergraduate academic educational quality, as measured by their position in the Best Colleges rankings, but that spent relatively less on their educational programs to achieve that quality.

• Business Insider has the FSU College of Law at No. 1 in Florida – and the only Florida law school in the top 50 – and No. 32 nationally on its "50 Best Law Schools in America" list.
• U.S. News & World Report also ranked the FSU College of Law first in the state and 50th nationally, while Hispanic Business ranked Florida State the nation’s No. 2 law school for Hispanic students, and The National Jurist had FSU as a 13th “Best Value” law school.

• U.S. News also elevated the College of Business to No. 39 among public universities (up from 40 last year) for its undergraduate business programs, with the Risk Management and Insurance program at No. 5 nationally, and Real Estate at No. 6.
• Advances in the U.S. News rankings were also achieved by the graduate programs in education (39), statistics (39), physics (44) and chemistry (49).
• Meanwhile, U.S. News’s Best Online Programs rankings has the university’s graduate programs in nursing among the nation’s best, and four FSU online graduate programs in the Top 25 nationally: Education at No. 2, criminology/criminal justice at No. 7, information technology at No. 18, and business at No. 22.

• The FSU Presidential Scholars Program – the premier undergraduate merit scholarship at Florida State that provides four years of support and is open to students in the university Honors Program – was inaugurated in 2015 to challenge and attract students with the extraordinary potential to be the transformational leaders of their generation.
• Military Times elevated Florida State to No. 8 among veteran-friendly universities, while CollegeFactual.com has FSU as the 6th best for veterans.

• Insight into Diversity presented FSU with its annual HEED award, which recognizes institutions that demonstrate outstanding commitment to student diversity and inclusion.

• Florida State came in at 178 among 750 global universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report on ten indicators of academic research performance and global and regional reputations.

• College affordability rankings had Florida State at No. 7 by the Affordable Colleges Foundation, No. 18 among business schools by Business Insider, and No. 19 for in-state tuition by Kiplinger’s.

FSU sells 23K spring game tix so far

Andrea Adelson ‏@aadelsonESPN 9m9 minutes ago

Florida State says over 23,000 tickets have been sold for the spring game at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Looking forward to it!

Innovation Park MIGHT headed in right direction

This area loves to take victory laps before victories.  FSU worked to make more of this area long ago and was shot down....hope they (the local area...not FSU) finally get their @#@#$#@ straight.

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/03/16/opinion-innovation-park-headed-right-direction/81875126/

"Florida State University President John Thrasher jokes that whenever he encounters Gov. Rick Scott, the “Let’s Get to Work” chief executive always asks the same question: “When am I going to have my first job announcement in Leon County?”
Thrasher was making light of an increasingly fractious issue faced by local policy makers and business executives: How can we diversify Tallahassee’s economy to make it less of a government town?
The recent dissolution of the Economic Development Council has forced the Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County Commission to find a way forward. The newly created Office of Economic Vitality is open for business retention and recruitment.
As part of the new framework, city and county officials have sought to include representatives from various sectors within the community. All the usual suspects have a seat at the table. The Leon County Research & Development Authority, owner of Innovation Park, is mentioned as a key player going forward.
It’s unclear what role the LCRDA and the 208-acre Innovation Park will play in the new set-up, but we believe the timing is right to leverage this valuable community asset to attract the kinds of companies that play to this region’s strength – high tech research that equals high paying jobs. We’d like to see a removal of the silos that have typified our economic development approach and focus on this community’s inherent strengths and resources – the research potential of Florida State University, Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College.
“It’s our biggest untapped resource to diversify our economy. It’s the most stable resource we have. It’s homegrown,” says Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier, a member of the LCRDA board. “Drawing on research when we recruit, it’s more stable than getting a company that can locate anywhere and we are competing with everyone else. We have research happening here that doesn’t happen anywhere else.”
Timing is everything. LCRDA board members say Innovation Park is at the end of a five-year turnaround. They’re bullish about the park’s prospects. That’s heartening given where they’ve come from since the dark days of 2010 when the former Innovation Park office manager was indicted for embezzling $647,000 over four years. What followed was the painful but necessary and long overdue reorganization and restructuring of the LCRDA.
In 2014, the authority was restructured. It wanted to be more a driver of economic development and less of a property manager, which it had become. FSU and FAMU each received about 17 acres of developable land in Innovation Park. FSU assumed ownership of land on which it has already developed buildings it owns. It also received the Sliger and Shaw buildings.
At the time, FAMU received the Centennial Building. The LCRDA retained five buildings, along with several properties leased to private companies, and about 19 acres of land in and adjacent to the park. Property management is still a lifeline – all of its revenues come from rents. It gets no tax revenues from the city or county. The good news? The LCRDA is sitting on $3.7 million in reserves – all rent revenue.
As part of the restructuring, the county commission expanded the LCRDA board from nine to 11 members, including an unprecedented six representatives from the private sector, and one each from TCC, FSU, FAMU, the city and the county. A private sector representative, Anne Longman of Lewis Longman & Walker, P.A., now chairs the LCRDA board. That’s a move in the right direction.
Board members are looking for ways to give Innovation Park a more campus-like feel. Ideas include an extended stay hotel for all the smart people who visit the research facilities, a coffee shop, trails and even an apartment complex.
Those ideas are laudable. But the real key is building on what Innovation Park was built for in the first place – maximizing the research capabilities of area universities and colleges. The $14-million expansion at Danfoss Turbocor Compressors Inc. is but a small sample of the kind of potential that exists.
To be sure, Innovation Park isn’t a location for all types of manufacturing. It doesn’t have that kind of space. What it does have is room for early stage companies and satellite offices of major companies. LCRDA board members aren’t talking about attracting GE or Boeing headquarters, but divisions within divisions of those major companies that can benefit from proximity to the FSU wind tunnel and Mag Lab and other research facilities. They also talk about finding a kind of LeBron James of recruiting who knows what those companies need and how Innovation Park can best serve those needs.
In other words, the approach needs to be strategic and focused on this region’s strengths. If that works for Innovation Park, it might just work for the new Office of Economic Vitality."

Facilities Update

https://www.facilities.fsu.edu/depts/designConstr/

http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/theforum/viewtopic.php?p=34300#p34300

From FSU Facilities' Quarterly Report ( https://www.facilities.fsu.edu/depts/designConstr/Documents/QuarterlyMeetingPresentations/3_15_16quarterlymeeting.pdf ):

Some new renderings were released of the upcoming downtown location for the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship.  It looks like FSU is planning some awesome renovations to the building that was donated to them.  I can't wait to see this come to reality!  This will be huge for downtown Tallahassee.

Schools with most players drafted by NFL since 1995

ACC TV Ratings

Nice article from HokieMark.  Like his observations.  My observation:

Of noted games (23), interesting to see the % breakdown of these games:

FSU 11 out of 23 = 48%
Clemson 5 out of 23 = 21%
VT 4 out of 23 = 17%
Miami 3 out of 23 = 13%

These statistics are where the rubber meets the road for revenue honestly.  Interesting to see FSU so clearly ahead when it has a lesser voice than Wake in the ACC and must watch Notre Dame make unequal revenue while it splits equal revenue with the Wake/BC of the world.

FSU is such a poor fit in the ACC given this dynamic.



http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/03/acc-football-audiences.html


"Someone on CSNBBS did some analysis of TV audiences for ACC football games

Here are the games in 2014 which drew over 2 million viewers:
1. Notre Dame/FSU - (rating share 7.9; 13.25 million viewers)
2. GT/FSU - ACC Champship game - (rating 6.2; 10.15 million viewers)
3. FSU/Miami - (rating share 5.4; 8.74 million viewers)
4. Clemson/FSU - (rating share 4.5; 7.34 million viewers)
5. Florida/FSU - (rating share 3.5; 5.96 million viewers)
6. FSU/Louisville - (rating share 3.1; 4.97 million viewers)
7. Notre Dame/Syracuse - (rating share 2.6; 4.05 million viewers)
8. GT/VT - (rating share 2.1; 3.14 million viewers)
9. UCLA/UVa - (rating share 1.9; 2.92 million viewers)
9. UVa/VT - (rating share 1.7; 3.05 million viewers)
11. ECU/VT - (rating share 1.7; 2.56 million viewers)

In 2014, there were 11 games which drew over 2 million viewers each.
Five of those were non-conference (2 Notre Dame, 3 other).
Six ACC conference games drew over 2 million viewers.

For 2015 football season the ones that drew at least 2 million viewers were:
1. - Ohio State/VT (rating share 6.0; 10.585 million viewers)
2. - Clemson/UNC - ACC Championship game (rating share 4.1; 7.919 million viewers)
3. - Notre Dame/Clemson - (rating share 4.5; 7.647 million viewers)
3. - FSU/Clemson - (rating share 4.7; 7.563 million viewers)
5. - Notre Dame/UVa - (rating share 3.7; 5.744 million viewers)
6. - Notre Dame/Pitt - (rating share 2.5; 3.844 million viewers)
7. - Miami/FSU - (rating share 2.3; 3.502 million viewers)
8. - LSU/Syracuse - (rating share 2.1; 3.204 million viewers)
9. - FSU/BC - (rating share 2.1; 3.148 million viewers)
10. - Louisville/FSU - (rating share 1.9; 2.852 million viewers)
11. - Clemson/Miami - (rating share 1.8; 2.634 million viewers)
12. - Syracuse/FSU - (rating share 1.8; 2.588 million viewers)

2015 had one more 2+ million viewers game (12).
Of those, 5 were still non-conference (3 Notre Dame, 2 other)
The additional big game was an ACC contest.

OBSERVATIONS:
The ACC scheduling agreement with Notre Dame is paying off; of the 10 games played over the last 2 seasons, five of them have drawn TV audiences in excess of 3.8 million (and the highest was 13.25 million) viewers.

ACC conference football games are drawing bigger audiences - but mostly just if either Clemson or FSU is involved; VT was involved in 2 ACC games plus one OOC game in 2014 which drew big audiences without FSU or Clemson.

Syracuse appears in more of these games than you would expect (2 in 2015). Does that mean they can pull in audiences in New York, or is it just who they were playing? 2016 may shed some light on that question.

BOTTOM LINE:

Big audiences matter. Clemson, Florida State, and to some extent Virginia Tech deliver big audiences."

New Scoreboard rendering in Booster Unconqured Magazine (Pic)

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/new-scoreboard-rendering-in-booster-unconqured-magazine-pic.117876/

New home for FSU Foundation

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/03/08/fsu-foundation-purchases-college-avenue-building-new-headquarters/81480164/

"Florida State University continues to add to its downtown Tallahassee footprint with the purchase of the FICPA Building at 325 W. College Avenue.
The FSU Foundation completed the purchase of the three-story, 27,690-square-foot building on College near Bronough for $4 million in January, Tom Jennings, vice president for university advancement and foundation president, told FSU trustees Friday.
The current tenants, The Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA), Meenan P.A. and Kittelson and Associates, Inc., will be leaving the building by December 2017 to relocate to new sites.
At that time, the FSU Foundation will begin renovations and take occupancy by July 2018, Jennings said.
“This is an important and exciting milestone in the FSU Foundation’s history,” Jennings said. “This purchase ultimately saves the Foundation money and allows it to invest in a substantial asset instead of paying rent.  More important, this new location will send a strong message that private philanthropy is vital to FSU’s future health and to the success of our current and future students.”
The purchase comes on the heels of February’s announcement by FSU President John Thrasher that Brian and Kathryn Ballard were donating a building valued at $1.1 million to house the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship. The 19,000-square-foot building is located at 111 S. Monroe St.        .
Andy Jhanji, executive vice president of the FSU Foundation, said the organization operates out of 35,000-square-feet of rented space at 2010 Levy Ave., southwest of the main campus.
It has more than 133 employees. About 100 will be moving into the new College Avenue location, with the rest working on campus.
Jhanji said the downtown purchase is critical to promoting the foundation’s visibility and improving access for donors, foundation board members and university officials. In addition, it is convenient to the university’s planned Arena District near the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, where a new College of Business, convention center and hotel are being proposed, and the existing College of Law.
“We are right pretty much between the Capitol and the main campus, which is a perfect location," Jhanji said.
FICPA and the FSU Real Estate Foundation began exploring this potential opportunity nearly a year ago, said Kevin Graham, executive director of FSU’s Real Estate Foundation, which as a Direct Support Organization, advises the university on real estate acquisitions, development initiatives, gifts and donations.
Graham said this prominent location fulfills a longstanding desire of the FSU Foundation to relocate its operations closer to campus.  Similarly, the FSU Foundation’s presence fits well into the city of Tallahassee’s vision for investment into the College Avenue corridor, leading from downtown to the campus.
“Relocating the Foundation to College Avenue is most appropriate. It reinforces a “town and gown” theme, and builds long-term value for the community by further defining the collegiate character of this corridor,” Graham said. “It’s important that the university's development patterns occurring over the next several years are intentional.”