ACC to SEC revenue gap now at $19 million

Let's hope the Swofford promises come true and the ESPN ACCN saves the ACC.  Revenue gaps can't stay this large for long without making a big impact.

https://www.seccountry.com/sec/sec-per-school-revenue-outpaces-other-conferences

http://csnbbs.com/thread-818278.html

Per school numbers:

SEC: 45.6 million
PAC: 40.7 million
B1G: 34.5 million
B12: 31.3 million
ACC: 24.9 million


http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/

The ACC on Friday released its 2015-16 federal tax return, Form 990, which reported $373.4 million in total revenue, down 7.4 percent from the previous year's $403.1 million.

 

The decrease was caused by two factors: Maryland's one-time, $31.4 penalty for leaving the ACC for the Big Ten inflated 2014-15 revenue. Plus, in 2015-16 the Orange Bowl, the ACC's contract bowl, hosted a College Football Playoff semifinal, and in such seasons, the conference receives less money.
While ACC revenue for media rights ($217.9 million to $226.1 million) and NCAA basketball ($18.4 million to $20.6 million) increased, the conference's average distribution to its 14 full-member schools fell 10.1 percent, to $23.8 million from $26.2 million. Partial member Notre Dame received $4.3 million, and the league distributed 90.4 percent of its revenue back to its campuses.

 

The ACC also paid its institutions more than $13.2 million in championship reimbursements, $900,000 per school not shown on the tax return.
As previous reporting by USA Today's Steve Berkowitz  shows, the ACC ranked fourth among the Power Five conferences in 2015-16 revenue, last in average distribution

Here are the others:
Southeastern Conference: $639 million revenue, 88.6 percent distributed to schools, average $40.42 million per member.

 

Big Ten: $483.4 million revenue, 91.5 percent distributed, average $34.8 million to 11 long-standing members. More recent arrivals Maryland, Nebraska and Rutgers less, ranging from $10.7 million to $25.6 million. 

Pac-12: $488 million revenue, 70.5 percent distributed, average $28.7 million per school.
Big 12: $313.2 million revenue, 90.9 percent distributed, average $28.49 million per school.
Commissioner John Swofford believes the 2019 launch of the linear ACC Network will close the disparity.
“That’s why we’re doing the channel,” he told the Raleigh News & Observer's Andrew Carter at the league's spring meetings in Florida on Thursday. “We fully expect a gap with particularly the Big Ten and the SEC here for a couple of years. But that’s the very reason we signed to do what we’re doing.
“And we fully expect that that gap will narrow considerably when we get the channel up and running.”
In fiscal 2016-17 and beyond, the ACC will also see the financial benefits of its unrivaled NCAA men's basketball tournament success of the last three years. Those "units" are paid on a rolling, six-year basis.
Swofford earned $2.9 million in calendar 2015, the tax return shows, well below the Pacific 12's Larry Scott ($4.2 million) and Big Ten's Jim Delany ($2.4 million, but as USA Today calculated, also a $20 million bonus).
The ACC's five highest-paid associate commissioners -- Paul Brazeau, Brad Hostetter, Jeff Elliott, Michael Strickland and Amy Yakola -- earned between $312,011 and $262,158, below most of their Power Five peers.
Due in large measure to keeping management of the Pac-12 Networks in-house, seven executives other than Scott earned more than $500,000. Pay in the other Power Five conferences was more measured, with top-earning associate commissioners receiving $274,275 (Big 12), $390,808 (SEC) and $621,133 (Big Ten).

 

Here are some charts.
ACC REVENUES LAST NINE YEARS (IN MILLIONS)
                                Total      TV           Bowl      NCAA    Avg. share
2007-2008            $162.8   $75.3     $29.2     $15.1     $11.8
2008-2009            $172.7   $76.9     $30.7     $15.9     $13.6
2009-2010            $158.2   $77.6     $31.6     $18.2     $11.7
2010-2011            $167.2   $79.3     $36.7     $18.2     $12.3
2011-2012            $223.6   $130.5   $43.8     $17.7     $16.9
2012-2013            $232.4   $146.6   $36.7     $18.2     $17.6
2013-2014            $302.3   $197.2   $48.8     $17.5    $19.3*
2014-2015            $403.1  $217.9    $94.2    $18.4     $26.2*

2015-2016            $337.4  $226.1    $85.8    $20.6     $23.8*
* Average full share. Partial ACC member Notre Dame received $4.9 million in its first year in the league, $6.2 million in its second, $4.3 million in its third.

VIRGINIA TECH, VIRGINIA SHARES OF ACC REVENUE   
                                Tech      UVa
2007-2008            $12.8M     $12.1M
2008-2009            $15.4M     $12.5M
2009-2010            $11.9M     $11.0M
2010-2011            $14.1M     $11.2M
2011-2012            $18.5M     $17.4M
2012-2013            $18.3M     $16.8M
2013-2014           $19.3M     $18.3M
2014-2015           $26.7M     $25.8M
2015-16               $23.8M     $22.9M
ACC SHARES FOR 2015-16

Florida State: $24.8M
Georgia Tech: $22.6M
North Carolina: $24.2M
Duke: $24.0M
N.C. State: $23.9M
Boston College: $22.8M
Virginia Tech: $23.8M
Clemson: $27.9M
Miami: $23.7M
Virginia: $22.9M
Wake Forest: $22.6M
Pittsburgh: $23.6M
Louisville: $23.7M
Syracuse: $22.8M
Notre Dame: $4.3M

Generic Writer Guy‏Verified account @DavidHaleESPN 20h20 hours ago

Generic Writer Guy Retweeted Bryan Fischer

So on a per school basis, that'd be:

SEC- $45.6M

P12- $40.6

B1G- $34.5

B12- $31.3

ACC- $26.6

Bryan Fischer‏Verified account @BryanDFischer 21h21 hours ago

Total revenues 2016 FY for the Power Five:

SEC: $639m

Pac-12: $488m

Big Ten: $483m

ACC: $373m

Big 12: $313m

David Teel‏Verified account @DavidTeelatDP 22h22 hours ago

Just received #ACC 2015-16 tax return. Revenue declined 7.4%, to $373.4M. Not surprising since last year had $31.4M Maryland exit fee.

David Teel‏Verified account @DavidTeelatDP 22h22 hours ago

Average distribution to #ACC's 14 full-time members $23.8M in fiscal 2015-16, down from $26.2M. Notre Dame received $4.3M.

 

David Teel‏Verified account @DavidTeelatDP 21h21 hours ago

Blog: Explaining why #ACC revenue declined in 2015-16 and average distribution to schools fell 10.1%. http://bit.ly/2rmP3OI pic.twitter.com/YILpOg5ihC

http://csnbbs.com/thread-818242.html

MY Take AWAYS

The $403 million it earned the previous year included a $31 million exit fee payment from Maryland and a payout from its primary bowl partner, the Capital One Orange Bowl. In 2015-16, the OB hosted the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Despite the decrease in 2015-16, the ACC received more revenue from its television payout, up $9 million to $226 million. It also received $85.9 million in bowl payouts, and $20.6 million from the NCAA basketball tournament (also an increase).

My Thoughts
With the OB back in play and the Increase TV deal (Each ACC team should get a 3M bump for the ACC network (2017-18) being delayed to 2019) and we had the OB back and Clemson won the Natty. Getting over $400M should be expected 16-17!! and in 17-18 $450M plus... The question would be how much will ACC share be worth???

Link
http://www.espn.com/college-football/sto...73-million

The ACC ended up at low end of the Power 5 in per-school distributions for fiscal 2016.

The SEC's ranged from $41.9 million to $39.1 million.
The Big Ten gave about $34.8 million to each of its 11 longest-standing members, and smaller amounts to Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers.
The Big 12's ranged from $28.9 million to $28 million.
The Pac-12's were about $28.7 million per school.

The ACC's average distribution to its 14 full-member schools was $23.8 million to $26.2 million. Partial member Notre Dame received $4.3 million.

HokieMark
It looks like total revenue was down $30M from previous year, with the lack of Orange Bowl in 2015-16 accounting for $27.5M of that. That will happen again in 2018-19.

Of course, all other P5 conferences will take a $40M hit THIS year, except for the ACC's opponent in the Orange Bowl, which will only drop $12.5M

Essentially this data represents BEST CASE for all other P5's vs. WORST CASE for the ACC. Next year's data will be best case for all five, followed by best for ACC and worst for all others (but one).