Sports TV Ratings
4.06 million for Duke/UNC on ESPN -- most-watched college hoops game of season (on any network, I think)
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
Revenue and Expense Data
Football Revenue and Expenses
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/5xlrxa/fiscal_year_2016_fbs_revenue_expenses/
https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search
Fiscal Year 2016 FBS Revenue & Expenses
FY2016 (i.e., 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016) data per U.S. Department of Education's 'Equity in Athletics' database: https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search
Note: Data for the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Naval Academy were not available. Otherwise, football revenue and expenses for the other 126 Football Subdivision (FBS) programs is listed below.
Note: Data for the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Naval Academy were not available. Otherwise, football revenue and expenses for the other 126 Football Subdivision (FBS) programs is listed below.
| School | Revenue | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Akron | $7,473,209 | $7,473,209 |
| Alabama | $103,870,999 | $56,214,376 |
| Appalachian State | $6,630,031 | $6,630,031 |
| Arizona | $41,388,363 | $21,399,664 |
| Arizona State | $42,892,151 | $26,601,767 |
| Arkansas | $68,970,599 | $34,237,143 |
| Arkansas State | $6,864,360 | $6,864,360 |
| Army | $8,839,775 | $5,620,774 |
| Auburn | $92,537,433 | $41,896,336 |
| Ball State | $7,220,032 | $7,220,032 |
| Baylor | $38,305,937 | $29,544,710 |
| Boise State | $20,321,986 | $9,712,566 |
| Boston College | $26,991,209 | $21,347,885 |
| Bowling Green | $6,754,237 | $6,754,237 |
| Buffalo | $7,539,610 | $7,539,610 |
| BYU | $25,469,619 | $16,627,703 |
| California | $41,527,030 | $22,079,265 |
| Central Florida | $22,377,609 | $19,254,214 |
| Central Michigan | $6,274,563 | $6,274,563 |
| Charlotte | $8,362,740 | $8,362,740 |
| Cincinnati | $13,848,429 | $13,848,429 |
| Clemson | $45,930,086 | $34,668,941 |
| Colorado | $37,544,684 | $18,372,291 |
| Colorado State | $13,446,340 | $13,446,340 |
| Connecticut | $17,673,179 | $16,781,226 |
| Duke | $31,795,916 | $23,468,721 |
| East Carolina | $12,264,915 | $11,609,147 |
| Eastern Michigan | $7,365,900 | $7,365,948 |
| Florida | $83,761,070 | $32,048,390 |
| Florida Atlantic | $7,817,872 | $7,704,431 |
| Florida International | $9,454,845 | $7,405,444 |
| Florida State | $55,708,828 | $42,457,103 |
| Fresno State | $11,381,458 | $11,381,458 |
| Georgia | $87,613,126 | $38,884,925 |
| Georgia Southern | $7,799,526 | $5,178,378 |
| Georgia State | $6,237,189 | $6,237,189 |
| Georgia Tech | $43,605,746 | $17,375,756 |
| Hawai’i | $11,979,786 | $11,979,786 |
| Houston | $16,180,918 | $16,180,918 |
| Idaho | $6,913,838 | $6,561,109 |
| Illinois | $32,910,979 | $18,242,712 |
| Indiana | $35,213,709 | $24,233,472 |
| Iowa | $56,551,411 | $30,150,836 |
| Iowa State | $41,789,111 | $22,764,523 |
| Kansas | $30,245,133 | $14,011,838 |
| Kansas State | $38,447,972 | $18,361,189 |
| Kent State | $6,139,482 | $6,139,482 |
| Kentucky | $39,714,834 | $22,309,964 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | $7,424,084 | $7,424,084 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | $5,158,578 | $5,158,578 |
| Louisiana State | $85,741,919 | $30,463,660 |
| Louisiana Tech | $7,571,143 | $7,448,192 |
| Louisville | $40,568,726 | $23,428,841 |
| Marshall | $9,277,508 | $8,855,865 |
| Maryland | $30,071,434 | $20,779,161 |
| Massachusetts | $8,556,416 | $8,556,416 |
| Memphis | $14,814,121 | $14,814,121 |
| Miami (FL) | $34,217,378 | $28,467,129 |
| Miami (OH) | $7,613,028 | $7,613,028 |
| Michigan | $97,149,706 | $36,597,583 |
| Michigan State | $64,661,163 | $31,978,126 |
| Middle Tennessee | $10,167,835 | $10,167,835 |
| Minnesota | $49,363,392 | $25,542,759 |
| Mississippi | $56,823,049 | $29,500,677 |
| Mississippi State | $35,471,847 | $22,311,861 |
| Missouri | $30,358,216 | $21,061,689 |
| Nebraska | $65,012,080 | $27,493,962 |
| Nevada | $9,736,900 | $7,608,249 |
| New Mexico | $9,137,178 | $9,137,178 |
| New Mexico State | $7,141,189 | $7,141,189 |
| North Carolina | $40,523,499 | $23,461,114 |
| North Carolina State | $39,539,832 | $19,194,988 |
| Northern Illinois | $9,202,985 | $9,202,985 |
| North Texas | $12,763,221 | $8,417,458 |
| Northwestern | $36,212,907 | $24,629,741 |
| Notre Dame | $98,532,894 | $38,971,302 |
| Ohio | $9,616,278 | $9,037,911 |
| Ohio State | $86,646,061 | $37,378,146 |
| Oklahoma | $94,142,098 | $35,854,266 |
| Oklahoma State | $47,760,618 | $19,445,963 |
| Old Dominion | $9,634,722 | $9,634,722 |
| Oregon | $66,576,139 | $23,768,207 |
| Oregon State | $32,941,918 | $15,745,809 |
| Penn State | $75,462,597 | $36,163,151 |
| Pittsburgh | $34,336,998 | $23,129,559 |
| Purdue | $18,681,315 | $16,885,714 |
| Rice | $11,650,472 | $11,650,472 |
| Rutgers | $25,236,282 | $25,236,282 |
| San Diego State | $14,253,337 | $14,133,825 |
| San Jose State | $8,098,929 | $8,098,929 |
| SMU | $17,267,570 | $17,267,570 |
| South Alabama | $9,066,874 | $9,351,047 |
| South Carolina | $59,629,815 | $29,970,031 |
| South Florida | $9,779,081 | $12,871,984 |
| Southern Miss | $8,642,689 | $8,642,689 |
| Stanford | $43,744,639 | $23,724,407 |
| Syracuse | $38,152,217 | $23,219,794 |
| TCU | $52,009,661 | $33,471,085 |
| Temple | $18,842,502 | $18,842,502 |
| Tennessee | $107,103,765 | $28,158,835 |
| Texas | $127,465,311 | $30,268,826 |
| Texas A&M | $73,700,887 | $29,945,769 |
| Texas State | $7,457,817 | $7,457,817 |
| Texas Tech | $42,485,160 | $18,039,499 |
| Toledo | $9,313,584 | $9,313,584 |
| Troy | $7,534,913 | $5,916,308 |
| Tulane | $3,215,000 | $12,855,742 |
| Tulsa | $13,090,492 | $13,090,492 |
| UCLA | $38,548,482 | $26,735,958 |
| UNLV | $9,359,657 | $9,359,657 |
| USC | $51,240,237 | $31,186,065 |
| Utah | $47,685,530 | $22,044,668 |
| Utah State | $8,288,817 | $8,288,817 |
| UTEP | $11,636,472 | $9,205,444 |
| UTSA | $8,782,297 | $8,782,297 |
| Vanderbilt | $26,782,777 | $22,154,178 |
| Virginia | $27,931,475 | $20,333,481 |
| Virginia Tech | $48,433,646 | $31,150,129 |
| Wake Forest | $19,922,855 | $16,611,110 |
| Washington | $69,134,064 | $31,811,117 |
| Washington State | $34,457,679 | $18,430,943 |
| Western Kentucky | $7,648,174 | $7,648,174 |
| Western Michigan | $8,577,674 | $8,577,674 |
| West Virginia | $19,300,894 | $18,531,917 |
| Wisconsin | $71,220,684 | $30,731,315 |
| Wyoming | $10,714,937 | $9,273,851 |
School Revenue Expenses Net
Texas $127,465,311 $30,268,826 $97,196,485
Tennessee $107,103,765 $28,158,835 $78,944,930
Michigan $97,149,706 $36,597,583 $60,552,123
Notre Dame $98,532,894 $38,971,302 $59,561,592
Oklahoma $94,142,098 $35,854,266 $58,287,832
Louisiana State $85,741,919 $30,463,660 $55,278,259
Florida $83,761,070 $32,048,390 $51,712,680
Auburn $92,537,433 $41,896,336 $50,641,097
Ohio State $86,646,061 $37,378,146 $49,267,915
Georgia $87,613,126 $38,884,925 $48,728,201
Alabama $103,870,999 $56,214,376 $47,656,623
Texas A&M $73,700,887 $29,945,769 $43,755,118
Oregon $66,576,139 $23,768,207 $42,807,932
Wisconsin $71,220,684 $30,731,315 $40,489,369
Penn State $75,462,597 $36,163,151 $39,299,446
Nebraska $65,012,080 $27,493,962 $37,518,118
Washington $69,134,064 $31,811,117 $37,322,947
Arkansas $68,970,599 $34,237,143 $34,733,456
Michigan State $64,661,163 $31,978,126 $32,683,037
South Carolina $59,629,815 $29,970,031 $29,659,784
Oklahoma State $47,760,618 $19,445,963 $28,314,655
Mississippi $56,823,049 $29,500,677 $27,322,372
Iowa $56,551,411 $30,150,836 $26,400,575
Georgia Tech $43,605,746 $17,375,756 $26,229,990
Utah $47,685,530 $22,044,668 $25,640,862
Texas Tech $42,485,160 $18,039,499 $24,445,661
Minnesota $49,363,392 $25,542,759 $23,820,633
North Carolina State $39,539,832 $19,194,988 $20,344,844
Kansas State $38,447,972 $18,361,189 $20,086,783
USC $51,240,237 $31,186,065 $20,054,172
Stanford $43,744,639 $23,724,407 $20,020,232
Arizona $41,388,363 $21,399,664 $19,988,699
California $41,527,030 $22,079,265 $19,447,765
Colorado $37,544,684 $18,372,291 $19,172,393
Iowa State $41,789,111 $22,764,523 $19,024,588
TCU $52,009,661 $33,471,085 $18,538,576
Kentucky $39,714,834 $22,309,964 $17,404,870
Virginia Tech $48,433,646 $31,150,129 $17,283,517
Oregon State $32,941,918 $15,745,809 $17,196,109
Louisville $40,568,726 $23,428,841 $17,139,885
North Carolina $40,523,499 $23,461,114 $17,062,385
Arizona State $42,892,151 $26,601,767 $16,290,384
Kansas $30,245,133 $14,011,838 $16,233,295
Washington State $34,457,679 $18,430,943 $16,026,736
Syracuse $38,152,217 $23,219,794 $14,932,423
Illinois $32,910,979 $18,242,712 $14,668,267
Florida State $55,708,828 $42,457,103 $13,251,725
http://college-sports.pointafter.com/
ESPN announces major layoffs
This is good news. This horrible network needs to be melted down into just live broadcast of sporting events.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing 1 hour ago
http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-will-reportedly-undergo-significant-layoffs-coming-months.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-profit-plummets-as-network-turns-left-020817
ESPN Profit Plummets As Network Turns Left
Awful Announcing
ESPN will reportedly undergo “significant” layoffs in the coming months http://dlvr.it/NYL1n1 pic.twitter.com/IhTzZajEtf
In February, ESPN’s parent company Disney reported its first quarter earnings and they fell short of expectations. Much of the revenue shortfall came from its media networks and once again ESPN’s higher programming costs along with lower sales revenue were cited as the main reasons.
Richard Deitsch writes that “ESPN has been tasked with paring tens of millions of staff salary from its payroll, including staffers many viewers and readers will recognize,” meaning that these cuts will be on the talent side. In addition to the layoffs of existing on-air talent, there will be buyouts of some contracts. SI adds that the buyouts are rare so this is new territory for ESPN.
One major factor for ESPN’s lower revenue is the fact that since 2011 when the network was in 100 million homes, it has lost subscribers and is now available in 88.4 million homes.
This is no doubt a big hit for ESPN. Sports rights fees are not going down, but up. The bubble is not bursting and as it charges pay TV providers more than $7 per subscriber, ESPN sees that its traditional model of advertising revenue and subscriber fees is being challenged. Whether ESPN chooses to develop a direct-to-consumer product or stand pat will be anwered in the coming years.
http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-profit-plummets-as-network-turns-left-020817
ESPN Profit Plummets As Network Turns Left
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Ranking the best basketball arenas in the ACC
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/article136629033.html
-Ranking the best arenas in the ACC.
I’m one of the few ACC scribes who’s fortunate enough (if that’s the right way to put it) to have witnessed a game in every ACC arena – including some no-longer ACC men’s basketball arenas, namely Cole Field House and Reynolds Coliseum.
Every year I tell myself I’m going to spend a weekly column ranking the ACC’s homecourts and … it never happens. This has been years running now. So here’s an abridged version. My favorite gyms in the ACC, according to my own secret formula (which includes things like personal nostalgia and good sightlines):
1. Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium;
2. Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena;
3. Louisville’s (very ridiculously named) KFC Yum! Center;
4. UNC’s Smith Center (home of too many late nights for me);
5. N.C. State’s PNC Arena (at least media is still on the court).
6. Notre Dame’s Joyce Center;
7. Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion (mainly for its Thriller Dome roots);
8. Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center;
9. Wake Forest’s Lawrence Joel Coliseum;
10. Syracuse’s Carrier Dome (impressive in scope but just sort of dumpy, cold and industrial-feeling).
11. Virginia Tech’s Cassell Coliseum (sort of charming, actually);
12. Miami’s Watsco Center (blah);
13. Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum;
14. Florida State’s Donald L. Tucker Center (thought it was haunted during my years covering Florida State);
15. Boston College’s Conte Forum (not a bad place for hockey).
Thursday, March 2, 2017
FSU BOT meeting Feb 22, 2017
Some notes below (not a great note taker).
Some new programs:
Masters in Business Analytics
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies
Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences baccalaureate degree
http://learningforlife.capd.fsu.edu/bot/feb22_17.htm
Tom Jenkins DSO
Capital Campaign is in 'dark phase'
Added some properties on College and Copeland (working to better define campus borders)
Work towards South West Campus Master plan has continued: Alumni Village has been torn down. 900 acres free between stadium and the airport.
Boosters already over $300 Million goal
Here is why the above is somewhat concerning:
FSU is struggling with academic donations.
No Trustee questions for the DSO VP
Dr Kistner VP academic affairs
Top 15 of public universities in 4 year grad rate (65%)
Focus on 15 hours per semester moving forward per student
Performance funding 68 points last year, 81 points this year. Great improvement
Gov Advocacy
State asked univ. to be 'bold', no coherent mention of FSU's response to this 'be bold' request.
Not sure what FSU is pushing for that is 'bold.' Some talk of riding UF's coattails. Simply can seem to follow FSU's game plan. No discussion of expanded prof. programs, expanded missions (COM), etc?
Corvelias Matching funding for FSU is about $14 Million (if state funds)
Inst. Research
Increase in research proposals
Fed awards up
IRCB (research) building is almost planned. Funding not there yet.
Student affairs
Student Union phase 1-just renderings now.
Finance
FSU received $79 Million of $500 Million (out of 11 or 12 schools) for 2016/17. Very high percentage. Great job by FSU.
New Coke contract 10 year $31 Million. Includes internship ops for students and hiring opp. Great contract.
Sodexho investing $40 million in facilities.
https://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings/materials/20170221/2015-16_FSU_Accountability_Report_DRAFT.pdf
"FSU established the Seminole 100, which will recognize the top 100 fastest-growing businesses in America owned by Florida State University alumni. Important work is being done on FSU’s campus and throughout the state to educate students on how to become leading entrepreneurs. Seminole 100 will allow us to see the results of that rigorous academic environment, and it will stand as a lasting tribute to the entrepreneurial legacy of FSU"
"FSU continues to partner with Domi Station to help FSU entrepreneurs with an idea or early stage product get the tools and guidance needed to get off the ground, interact with the community, and engage with successful business leaders. Since its grand opening, Domi Station has co-sponsored student events, which brings together software and hardware engineers, designers, and students to create team projects from scratch. Domi also hosts the weekly 1 Million Cups meeting of Tallahassee entrepreneurs, which welcomes FSU student pitches, and maintains work space in their headquarters specifically for FSU students. "
"To foster cross-disciplinary research and student/postdoctoral fellow mentorship, infrastructure must be in place to support these activities. During the reporting period, the final stages of design of two major buildings at FSU were underway. The Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) Building will be a 135,500 sf building constructed on the main campus. It will house the EOAS Department and contain teaching facilities, offices as well as general and specialized research labs. The EAOS Building will allow faculty in this department, who heretofore have been housed in four separate buildings, to be colocalized thereby facilitating collaborative efforts.
A second building, the Interdisciplinary Research and Commercialization Building (IRCB), is being planned for the southwest campus, leveraging the agencies of such entities as the Mag Lab, High Performance Materials Institute, and the College of Engineering. This state-of-the art research building will support research and student/postdoctoral fellow training in the physical sciences and engineering. The design is highly flexible to accommodate changes in research directions and to exploit new opportunities over the lifetime of the structure. The IRCB will house up to 26 faculty research groups from as many as seven different departments."
"During the 2015-2016 reporting period the University had a record high in proposals submitted for external contract & grant funding (1,301) which was 39 proposals higher than the previous year. "
"INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEGREES AWARDED IN S.T.E.M. AND OTHER PROGRAMS OF STRATEGIC EMPHASIS The number of graduate and undergraduate degrees awarded across all programs of strategic emphasis has increased over the past 5 years. Graduate degrees across all strategic areas increased by 12.3% over the last 5 years with the greatest gains made in the number of degrees awarded in the areas of GAP Analysis (71% increase) and STEM (27% increase). We attribute these increases to the university’s focus on increasing faculty in STEM and Health fields.
The number of baccalaureate degrees awarded in STEM fields increased by 61% over the past 5 years. "
"We continue to focus on new degree programs in areas of strategic emphasis. The Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia graduated the first cohort with 24 students completing their degree in Fall 2016. The Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies will begin in 2017-18 admitting 40 students with an expected graduation of Fall 2019. The Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences baccalaureate degree program launched Fall 2016 and has accepted over 100 students in the major schedule who will graduate in the upcoming years. The Master’s in Statistics, which historically has only been offered on-campus, will also soon be delivered through distance education. Students will be able to complete 100% of the program requirements online."
Some new programs:
Masters in Business Analytics
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies
Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences baccalaureate degree
http://learningforlife.capd.fsu.edu/bot/feb22_17.htm
Tom Jenkins DSO
Capital Campaign is in 'dark phase'
Added some properties on College and Copeland (working to better define campus borders)
Work towards South West Campus Master plan has continued: Alumni Village has been torn down. 900 acres free between stadium and the airport.
Boosters already over $300 Million goal
Here is why the above is somewhat concerning:
FSU is struggling with academic donations.
No Trustee questions for the DSO VP
Dr Kistner VP academic affairs
Top 15 of public universities in 4 year grad rate (65%)
Focus on 15 hours per semester moving forward per student
Performance funding 68 points last year, 81 points this year. Great improvement
Gov Advocacy
State asked univ. to be 'bold', no coherent mention of FSU's response to this 'be bold' request.
Not sure what FSU is pushing for that is 'bold.' Some talk of riding UF's coattails. Simply can seem to follow FSU's game plan. No discussion of expanded prof. programs, expanded missions (COM), etc?
Corvelias Matching funding for FSU is about $14 Million (if state funds)
Inst. Research
Increase in research proposals
Fed awards up
IRCB (research) building is almost planned. Funding not there yet.
Student affairs
Student Union phase 1-just renderings now.
Finance
FSU received $79 Million of $500 Million (out of 11 or 12 schools) for 2016/17. Very high percentage. Great job by FSU.
New Coke contract 10 year $31 Million. Includes internship ops for students and hiring opp. Great contract.
Sodexho investing $40 million in facilities.
https://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings/materials/20170221/2015-16_FSU_Accountability_Report_DRAFT.pdf
"FSU established the Seminole 100, which will recognize the top 100 fastest-growing businesses in America owned by Florida State University alumni. Important work is being done on FSU’s campus and throughout the state to educate students on how to become leading entrepreneurs. Seminole 100 will allow us to see the results of that rigorous academic environment, and it will stand as a lasting tribute to the entrepreneurial legacy of FSU"
"FSU continues to partner with Domi Station to help FSU entrepreneurs with an idea or early stage product get the tools and guidance needed to get off the ground, interact with the community, and engage with successful business leaders. Since its grand opening, Domi Station has co-sponsored student events, which brings together software and hardware engineers, designers, and students to create team projects from scratch. Domi also hosts the weekly 1 Million Cups meeting of Tallahassee entrepreneurs, which welcomes FSU student pitches, and maintains work space in their headquarters specifically for FSU students. "
"To foster cross-disciplinary research and student/postdoctoral fellow mentorship, infrastructure must be in place to support these activities. During the reporting period, the final stages of design of two major buildings at FSU were underway. The Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) Building will be a 135,500 sf building constructed on the main campus. It will house the EOAS Department and contain teaching facilities, offices as well as general and specialized research labs. The EAOS Building will allow faculty in this department, who heretofore have been housed in four separate buildings, to be colocalized thereby facilitating collaborative efforts.
A second building, the Interdisciplinary Research and Commercialization Building (IRCB), is being planned for the southwest campus, leveraging the agencies of such entities as the Mag Lab, High Performance Materials Institute, and the College of Engineering. This state-of-the art research building will support research and student/postdoctoral fellow training in the physical sciences and engineering. The design is highly flexible to accommodate changes in research directions and to exploit new opportunities over the lifetime of the structure. The IRCB will house up to 26 faculty research groups from as many as seven different departments."
"During the 2015-2016 reporting period the University had a record high in proposals submitted for external contract & grant funding (1,301) which was 39 proposals higher than the previous year. "
"INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEGREES AWARDED IN S.T.E.M. AND OTHER PROGRAMS OF STRATEGIC EMPHASIS The number of graduate and undergraduate degrees awarded across all programs of strategic emphasis has increased over the past 5 years. Graduate degrees across all strategic areas increased by 12.3% over the last 5 years with the greatest gains made in the number of degrees awarded in the areas of GAP Analysis (71% increase) and STEM (27% increase). We attribute these increases to the university’s focus on increasing faculty in STEM and Health fields.
The number of baccalaureate degrees awarded in STEM fields increased by 61% over the past 5 years. "
"We continue to focus on new degree programs in areas of strategic emphasis. The Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia graduated the first cohort with 24 students completing their degree in Fall 2016. The Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies will begin in 2017-18 admitting 40 students with an expected graduation of Fall 2019. The Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences baccalaureate degree program launched Fall 2016 and has accepted over 100 students in the major schedule who will graduate in the upcoming years. The Master’s in Statistics, which historically has only been offered on-campus, will also soon be delivered through distance education. Students will be able to complete 100% of the program requirements online."
Monday, February 27, 2017
Clemson's title and the bottom line
So on a one off, the ACC change the rules for Clemson here? But not every year? So, Clemson, you get the cash.....but hey, next year, FSU, you might not?
Sound kosher to anyone outside Clemson and Tobacco Road?
Clemson is RIGHT overall, it just shouldn't be for this 1 year. It should be the case always and FSU has been making this fight for years. Sadly, Clemson never seems to work with FSU to fix things permanently and here, only work to fix it just for themselves.
Standard ACC BS.
http://www.tigernet.com/story/football/Money-Ball-What-National-Championship-Clemsons-bottom-line-15665
Clemson made its second consecutive trip to the College Football Playoff this past season, and the Clemson Athletic Department took home a bigger share of this year’s College Football Playoff check to the ACC. The man that Clemson fans love to hate played an important role in Clemson’s monetary gain.We wrote last year that Clemson wound up with a deficit of more than $3 million after last season’s trip to the playoff. Factoring in the bonuses for the coaches and three expensive trips to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game, to Miami for the Orange Bowl and Phoenix for the National Championship, Clemson had no way of even coming close to breaking even.Athletic Director Dan Radakovich was determined to chart a different course this season and turned to ACC Commissioner John Swofford for help.ESPN pays the College Football Playoff about $470 million a year for the media rights to the three playoff games and four other bowls, and most of the money is distributed to the 10 FBS conferences and schools.The following estimates of the CFP revenue distribution are based on preliminary calculations for the 2015-2016 season and are only approximate projections of potential revenue distribution from each component:(1) Each conference will receive $300,000 for each of its schools when the school’s football team meets the NCAA’s APR for participation in a post-season football game. Each independent institution will also receive the $300,000 when its football team meets that standard.(2) Each of the 10 conferences will also receive a base amount. For conferences that have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose or Sugar Bowl, the base combined with the full academic performance pool will be approximately $51 million for each conference. The five conferences that do not have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose or Sugar Bowls, will receive approximately $79 million in aggregate (full academic pool plus base), which the conferences will distribute as they choose. Notre Dame will receive a payment of $2.58 million if it meets the APR standard; the other two independents will share $618,241.(3) A conference will receive $6 million for each team that is selected for the semifinal games. There will be no additional distribution to conferences whose teams qualify for the national championship game. A conference will receive $4 million for each team that plays in a non-playoff bowl under the arrangement (in 2014-2015, the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls).
(4) Each conference whose team participates in a playoff semifinal, Cotton, Fiesta or Peach Bowl, or in the national championship game will receive $2.08 million to cover expenses for each game.Additionally, certain conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision conferences will receive $2.34 million in aggregate.
That means the CFP wrote a $6 million check to the ACC, to be divided 14 ways among the member schools. However, Clemson made the trip to Phoenix for the National Championship last season, and many fans made the budgetary decision to stay home this time around, waiting to see if Clemson advanced to the more travel-friendly spot in Tampa. Because of that, Clemson couldn’t sell enough Fiesta Bowl tickets. The other 13 schools in the conference were able to take their $350,000 checks to the bank, but Clemson would have taken a hit from the number of unsold tickets. That’s when Radakovich came up with a revolutionary idea, according to Deputy Director of Athletics Graham Neff. “We (Dan Radakovich) spent a lot of time with the ACC on looking at their old travel stipend - specifically their College Football Playoff travel stipends. Boston College was netting about $350,000 because of Clemson participating in the CFP,” Neff told TigerNet last week. “Well, that's fine, and we're not going to change the equity portion, but our claim to the conference was because of our participation and us getting a new six million dollars and we're losing money because it's expensive and the travel. “Is there a way we could take a portion of that six million dollars and compensate the participant better, so they're not going backward while everyone else is going forward? We put a proposal together, and Dan Radakovich took time with a bunch of other athletic directors and took it to the Commissioner (John Swofford) to provide an additional stipend to Clemson this year because of our participation in the CFP. That was an extra $750,000 that the league provided to us because of our participation. We generated money for the whole conference, but we also protected the participant.”It was a step that greatly enhanced Clemson’s bottom line. “It's really good. It's a really positive view from the ACC,” Neff said. “We had to do some work because some of the schools didn't necessarily want to give back some their conference-earned money just because the CFP isn't a huge consideration for them. Dan did a lot of work, we got it, and everybody wants to protect the participants, and it was a really positive step.”Clemson was also able to add extra revenue by creating and licensing its own National Championship logo to sell on merchandise, meaning Clemson will do better than last year’s $3 million loss. “By way of us winning the National Championship, we're able to significantly increase our licensing revenue,” Neff said. “You've seen the National Championship logo that we have and everyone buying that and t-shirts, stickers and flag. We project about $700,000 of increased licensing revenue because we won the National Championship and are able to create our own mark and sell merchandise and generate royalties because of that. Since we didn't win it last year, we got some sort of bump in royalties but not to the tune of this $700,000 figure we're projecting. That's a significantly new royalty increase.“If you include that royalty revenue plus the operational saving with the travel stipend. There was another piece with the ticketing. We do project to come out in the black for the bowl post-season. When we talk about coaches bonuses, we would still have a negative of about two million dollars. Coaching bonuses are separate and we budget for those separately, but then operationally we try to break even. This year, with some help from the ACC and the licensing revenue, we will show a profit.”
Sound kosher to anyone outside Clemson and Tobacco Road?
Clemson is RIGHT overall, it just shouldn't be for this 1 year. It should be the case always and FSU has been making this fight for years. Sadly, Clemson never seems to work with FSU to fix things permanently and here, only work to fix it just for themselves.
Standard ACC BS.
http://www.tigernet.com/story/football/Money-Ball-What-National-Championship-Clemsons-bottom-line-15665
Clemson made its second consecutive trip to the College Football Playoff this past season, and the Clemson Athletic Department took home a bigger share of this year’s College Football Playoff check to the ACC. The man that Clemson fans love to hate played an important role in Clemson’s monetary gain.We wrote last year that Clemson wound up with a deficit of more than $3 million after last season’s trip to the playoff. Factoring in the bonuses for the coaches and three expensive trips to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game, to Miami for the Orange Bowl and Phoenix for the National Championship, Clemson had no way of even coming close to breaking even.Athletic Director Dan Radakovich was determined to chart a different course this season and turned to ACC Commissioner John Swofford for help.ESPN pays the College Football Playoff about $470 million a year for the media rights to the three playoff games and four other bowls, and most of the money is distributed to the 10 FBS conferences and schools.The following estimates of the CFP revenue distribution are based on preliminary calculations for the 2015-2016 season and are only approximate projections of potential revenue distribution from each component:(1) Each conference will receive $300,000 for each of its schools when the school’s football team meets the NCAA’s APR for participation in a post-season football game. Each independent institution will also receive the $300,000 when its football team meets that standard.(2) Each of the 10 conferences will also receive a base amount. For conferences that have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose or Sugar Bowl, the base combined with the full academic performance pool will be approximately $51 million for each conference. The five conferences that do not have contracts for their champions to participate in the Orange, Rose or Sugar Bowls, will receive approximately $79 million in aggregate (full academic pool plus base), which the conferences will distribute as they choose. Notre Dame will receive a payment of $2.58 million if it meets the APR standard; the other two independents will share $618,241.(3) A conference will receive $6 million for each team that is selected for the semifinal games. There will be no additional distribution to conferences whose teams qualify for the national championship game. A conference will receive $4 million for each team that plays in a non-playoff bowl under the arrangement (in 2014-2015, the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls).
That means the CFP wrote a $6 million check to the ACC, to be divided 14 ways among the member schools. However, Clemson made the trip to Phoenix for the National Championship last season, and many fans made the budgetary decision to stay home this time around, waiting to see if Clemson advanced to the more travel-friendly spot in Tampa. Because of that, Clemson couldn’t sell enough Fiesta Bowl tickets. The other 13 schools in the conference were able to take their $350,000 checks to the bank, but Clemson would have taken a hit from the number of unsold tickets. That’s when Radakovich came up with a revolutionary idea, according to Deputy Director of Athletics Graham Neff. “We (Dan Radakovich) spent a lot of time with the ACC on looking at their old travel stipend - specifically their College Football Playoff travel stipends. Boston College was netting about $350,000 because of Clemson participating in the CFP,” Neff told TigerNet last week. “Well, that's fine, and we're not going to change the equity portion, but our claim to the conference was because of our participation and us getting a new six million dollars and we're losing money because it's expensive and the travel. “Is there a way we could take a portion of that six million dollars and compensate the participant better, so they're not going backward while everyone else is going forward? We put a proposal together, and Dan Radakovich took time with a bunch of other athletic directors and took it to the Commissioner (John Swofford) to provide an additional stipend to Clemson this year because of our participation in the CFP. That was an extra $750,000 that the league provided to us because of our participation. We generated money for the whole conference, but we also protected the participant.”It was a step that greatly enhanced Clemson’s bottom line. “It's really good. It's a really positive view from the ACC,” Neff said. “We had to do some work because some of the schools didn't necessarily want to give back some their conference-earned money just because the CFP isn't a huge consideration for them. Dan did a lot of work, we got it, and everybody wants to protect the participants, and it was a really positive step.”Clemson was also able to add extra revenue by creating and licensing its own National Championship logo to sell on merchandise, meaning Clemson will do better than last year’s $3 million loss. “By way of us winning the National Championship, we're able to significantly increase our licensing revenue,” Neff said. “You've seen the National Championship logo that we have and everyone buying that and t-shirts, stickers and flag. We project about $700,000 of increased licensing revenue because we won the National Championship and are able to create our own mark and sell merchandise and generate royalties because of that. Since we didn't win it last year, we got some sort of bump in royalties but not to the tune of this $700,000 figure we're projecting. That's a significantly new royalty increase.“If you include that royalty revenue plus the operational saving with the travel stipend. There was another piece with the ticketing. We do project to come out in the black for the bowl post-season. When we talk about coaches bonuses, we would still have a negative of about two million dollars. Coaching bonuses are separate and we budget for those separately, but then operationally we try to break even. This year, with some help from the ACC and the licensing revenue, we will show a profit.”
Forever a Nole: My Letter to Florida State
Forever a Nole: My Letter to Florida State
By Dalvin Cook
My time at FSU is over, but, man, I had a blast. All three years I spent at FSU, I enjoyed – especially the bonds and relationships that I built in the locker room.
Coming in, when you’re a younger guy, you never really know what to expect. Especially me, leaving my home in Miami. But I can say that coming to Tallahassee was one of the best decisions I have ever made. And being coached by Coach Graham and Coach Jimbo, and being around some of the teammates that I have been around, I feel like I have grown a lot on and off the field.
One of my favorite memories is that first time that I ran through the tunnel at Doak Campbell Stadium. It was The Citadel game in 2014.
Coming out of that tunnel, I was nervous. Before the game, Coach Fisher said I was going to get a lot of playing time. So there were a lot of emotions going through me. Running out of the tunnel, hearing the fans go wild, and watching Osceola and Renegade plant the spear was incredible. There’s not a better atmosphere in the country and it always kept me excited for game time. I got my first carry that game and I scored my first touchdown, so the Citadel game is a game that I’m going to remember.
As I prepare to move on to the next level, I want to be sure to thank the people around Florida State and in Tallahassee who helped me get to where I am now:
To Coach Fisher: We have a father-son relationship, a brother relationship, a friend relationship. My freshman year, it was real tough because I was just a player relying on my talent. But you taught me to match hard work with talent. A lot of things you would say would kind of tick a nerve, but it made me think to myself, “I don’t ever want to hear him say that again, so I’m going to do everything right.”
You pushed me and got my best out of me.
To Coach Graham: You don’t get the credit you deserve. You’re kind of the man behind the scenes, getting the job done. You definitely helped me grow as a man, and with the things I was doing on the field. You pushed me to create good habits. You’re a father figure to me, and I look forward to texting and talking with you as I take these next steps. I know you’ll help me make sure I’m always on the same mission that I was on in Tallahassee.
To the FSU academic support staff: Shanika, Toya, Ashton – all of you helped me stay grounded and helped me to be in the situation I’m in now to help my family be in a better place. Thank you for pushing me and helping me become all I can be off the field. Coach Fisher took care of me on the field, and you helped me off the field.
To the strength and conditioning staff: Coach Vic, “Red,” Hocke, Lou and Brice, all of you pushed me to be that leader in the weight room, to set that example to the younger guys so that when they come in, they know what hard work looks like. Thank you for pushing me and giving me an opportunity to set that standard in the weight room.
To the sports medicine staff and trainers: Jake, Julie, Jeronimo and Jerry – you kept me healthy. My sophomore year was one of the toughest years for me. I had a hamstring injury, an ankle injury and a shoulder injury, and you never gave up on me. You always had faith in me and kept me level-headed. There were some days when I was like, “Man, why does this stuff keep happening to me?” But you kept my spirits up.
To the younger players at FSU: Trust the process. Buy in to what the coaches say, because they’ll never steer you the wrong way. You’re both in it for the same thing, that’s to win football games and get better. When I got to Florida State, I had to sit back and watch some tape on Devonta Freeman to see how he did things. Telvin Smith, even though he played a different position, Lamarcus Joyner, I just saw the way they played the game and the way they approached practice. Take the coaching. That’s the only tip you need.
Finally, to the fans: I said earlier that coming to Florida State was one of the best decisions I ever made, and you proved it. You’re the best fans in America. Years from now, when you think about me, I hope you think about a guy that left a legacy on the program at Florida State. When you pull up my film, or look at the off-the-field things I did, I hope you see a well-grounded guy. A “team” guy that loved the fans, that loved to play in Doak and just wanted to give you all a show.
I hope you think of me in a positive way. I hope I left my stamp on the program. And I hope that you remember me forever.
Forever a Nole,
Dalvin Cook
Instagram: @dalvincook
Twitter: @dalvincook
Snapchat: @dalvinjcook
By Dalvin Cook
My time at FSU is over, but, man, I had a blast. All three years I spent at FSU, I enjoyed – especially the bonds and relationships that I built in the locker room.
Coming in, when you’re a younger guy, you never really know what to expect. Especially me, leaving my home in Miami. But I can say that coming to Tallahassee was one of the best decisions I have ever made. And being coached by Coach Graham and Coach Jimbo, and being around some of the teammates that I have been around, I feel like I have grown a lot on and off the field.
One of my favorite memories is that first time that I ran through the tunnel at Doak Campbell Stadium. It was The Citadel game in 2014.
Coming out of that tunnel, I was nervous. Before the game, Coach Fisher said I was going to get a lot of playing time. So there were a lot of emotions going through me. Running out of the tunnel, hearing the fans go wild, and watching Osceola and Renegade plant the spear was incredible. There’s not a better atmosphere in the country and it always kept me excited for game time. I got my first carry that game and I scored my first touchdown, so the Citadel game is a game that I’m going to remember.
As I prepare to move on to the next level, I want to be sure to thank the people around Florida State and in Tallahassee who helped me get to where I am now:
To Coach Fisher: We have a father-son relationship, a brother relationship, a friend relationship. My freshman year, it was real tough because I was just a player relying on my talent. But you taught me to match hard work with talent. A lot of things you would say would kind of tick a nerve, but it made me think to myself, “I don’t ever want to hear him say that again, so I’m going to do everything right.”
You pushed me and got my best out of me.
To Coach Graham: You don’t get the credit you deserve. You’re kind of the man behind the scenes, getting the job done. You definitely helped me grow as a man, and with the things I was doing on the field. You pushed me to create good habits. You’re a father figure to me, and I look forward to texting and talking with you as I take these next steps. I know you’ll help me make sure I’m always on the same mission that I was on in Tallahassee.
To the FSU academic support staff: Shanika, Toya, Ashton – all of you helped me stay grounded and helped me to be in the situation I’m in now to help my family be in a better place. Thank you for pushing me and helping me become all I can be off the field. Coach Fisher took care of me on the field, and you helped me off the field.
To the strength and conditioning staff: Coach Vic, “Red,” Hocke, Lou and Brice, all of you pushed me to be that leader in the weight room, to set that example to the younger guys so that when they come in, they know what hard work looks like. Thank you for pushing me and giving me an opportunity to set that standard in the weight room.
To the sports medicine staff and trainers: Jake, Julie, Jeronimo and Jerry – you kept me healthy. My sophomore year was one of the toughest years for me. I had a hamstring injury, an ankle injury and a shoulder injury, and you never gave up on me. You always had faith in me and kept me level-headed. There were some days when I was like, “Man, why does this stuff keep happening to me?” But you kept my spirits up.
To the younger players at FSU: Trust the process. Buy in to what the coaches say, because they’ll never steer you the wrong way. You’re both in it for the same thing, that’s to win football games and get better. When I got to Florida State, I had to sit back and watch some tape on Devonta Freeman to see how he did things. Telvin Smith, even though he played a different position, Lamarcus Joyner, I just saw the way they played the game and the way they approached practice. Take the coaching. That’s the only tip you need.
Finally, to the fans: I said earlier that coming to Florida State was one of the best decisions I ever made, and you proved it. You’re the best fans in America. Years from now, when you think about me, I hope you think about a guy that left a legacy on the program at Florida State. When you pull up my film, or look at the off-the-field things I did, I hope you see a well-grounded guy. A “team” guy that loved the fans, that loved to play in Doak and just wanted to give you all a show.
I hope you think of me in a positive way. I hope I left my stamp on the program. And I hope that you remember me forever.
Forever a Nole,
Dalvin Cook
Instagram: @dalvincook
Twitter: @dalvincook
Snapchat: @dalvinjcook
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