Doesn't seem to be anything the acc should worry about. I've been assured that the acc is actually financially better now with a large gap in revenue than ten years ago when there was essentially no gap.
If you are going to go back in time and compare the revenue disparity between the 3 conferences, you should NOT only pick the 1-2 year time period right after the SEC/Big Ten renewed their contracts and right before the ACC renewed theirs. It is a clear and deliberate attempt to frame the discussion and bias the "facts".
Fact is, when all 3 schools were on their old contracts, the ACC did not trail by tens of millions. Sports Business Journal reports in 2005-06, the ACC made $69M while the SEC made $57M, total.
In 2009 the ACC was $16.4M behind the Big Ten, $11.5M behind the SEC. In 2016 the ACC was $11.0M behind the Big Ten, $16.6M behind the SEC. No idea what the ACC projects for 2018 since terms of the new ESPN contract have not been made public.
So far, about the gap is about the same... now put that in context of 3X as much total revenue. We'll know a lot more when future tax returns become available. Traditionally, the ACC doesn't brag about revenue like some conferences do (often in a misleading way, too).
Furthermore, the Big Ten will be $5M to $10M ahead of the SEC, too, so... what? Big Ten will win every championship?
Doesn't seem to be anything the acc should worry about. I've been assured that the acc is actually financially better now with a large gap in revenue than ten years ago when there was essentially no gap.
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DeleteIf you are going to go back in time and compare the revenue disparity between the 3 conferences, you should NOT only pick the 1-2 year time period right after the SEC/Big Ten renewed their contracts and right before the ACC renewed theirs. It is a clear and deliberate attempt to frame the discussion and bias the "facts".
Fact is, when all 3 schools were on their old contracts, the ACC did not trail by tens of millions. Sports Business Journal reports in 2005-06, the ACC made $69M while the SEC made $57M, total.
(http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2008/03/20080303/This-Weeks-News/Big-Ten-Could-Reap-$28B-From-Network-Deal.aspx)
Even comparing the new contracts, the ACC came in at $13M/team to the SEC's $17M/team. A far cry from the >$10M gap that you suggest.
In 2009 the ACC was $16.4M behind the Big Ten, $11.5M behind the SEC.
ReplyDeleteIn 2016 the ACC was $11.0M behind the Big Ten, $16.6M behind the SEC.
No idea what the ACC projects for 2018 since terms of the new ESPN contract have not been made public.
So far, about the gap is about the same... now put that in context of 3X as much total revenue. We'll know a lot more when future tax returns become available. Traditionally, the ACC doesn't brag about revenue like some conferences do (often in a misleading way, too).
Furthermore, the Big Ten will be $5M to $10M ahead of the SEC, too, so... what? Big Ten will win every championship?