ACC dead last in revenue AGAIN

ACC's whole future seem to bank on a vague agreement with ESPN that MIGHT happen in 2019.

Cross your fingers.


https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/apples-to-apples-is-the-acc-losing-the-financial-battle-

Conference Distributions 2014-15 and 2015-16

Conference	2014-15 Distribution	2015-16 Distribution*	2016-17 projection*
SEC	$32.7 million	$40.4 million	$43 million
Big Ten	$32.4 million	$35 million	$45 million
Big 12	$23.3 million	$30.4 million	$33 million plus
Pac-12	$25.1 million	$27 million	$31 million
ACC	$26.2 million	$23.9 million	TBA

Currently, there are no solid projections for what the ACC will be able to distribute to its member schools for the 2016-17 cycle. However, there should be a bump of approximately $3 million per school based on the launch of ESPN’s digital conference network. Best-case scenario, assuming some normal growth from television and postseason revenue, the conference might be able to distribute around $30 million per school. That would still likely put the ACC in last place among the P5.


A $30 million distribution would be a substantial increase from 2015-16 but still well behind the SEC and Big Ten. Based on estimates for the fiscal year ending this summer, both the Big Ten and SEC will distribute well over $40 million to their member schools (see table). In fact, with the Big Ten closing in on a new television agreement, it’s estimated that the conference will distribute somewhere between $50 and $56 million per school starting in 2018. And starting this year, the Big 12 will begin playing a conference championship game, which is expected to generate an additional $27 to $28 million per season ($2.6 to $2.7 million more per school).

Even if the ACC’s new television network enables the conference to catch up with the Big 12’s general distribution numbers, schools will still fall well behind when it comes to total payouts when television rights are accounted for. That’s because Big 12 schools retain their third-tier television rights.