https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2018/05/breaking-acc-revenue-for-2016-17.html
ACC Revenue Distribution data is out [LINK], and man, am I good at this! Here are the total, average, reported* and (my) projected revenue payouts for all five power conferences:
Conf | Total | #Teams | Avg/Team | Reported* | Projected** | My Error |
SEC | 650 | 14 | 43.3 | 40.9 | 43 | 2.1 |
B1G | 513 | 14 | 34.2 | 37 | 45 | 8 |
Pac12 | 509 | 12 | 39.2 | 30.9 | 31 | 0.1 |
BigXII | 371 | 10 | 33.7 | 34.3 | 33 | -1.3 |
ACC | 418.1 | 14 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 28 | 1.4 |
** based on my post of 29 March 2017 "Revenue Projections 2015-2017"
How Close were my projections?
First of all, except for the Big Ten, my projections were SPOT ON. We're talking off by about $2 million or less for the other four. In my defense, the Big Ten itself didn't even get their numbers right, choosing to report an inflated $37 million when the actual average (total divided by teams) was closer to $34 million. As to why they fell so short of projection - perhaps the Big Ten's financial projections were unrealistic to begin with? [LINK].Also, the Big XII reported MORE than their total divided by 11 (10 teams plus a conference), but as we already told you that's because they withdrew from their own savings in order to pay about $1M extra per school [LINK].
"Everything is proceeding just as I have foreseen"
FWIW, I'm telling you now that my 2017-18 revenue projection for the ACC is $32 million per team. Because of the contract bowl rotation, 2018-19 will be about the same.The big jump doesn't come until 2019-20, when ACC Network money starts coming in. That year, expect about $41 million per school.
I'm calling it: center field, right over the Coca Cola sign!
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