With the College Football playoffs and conference media rights deals, 2014-15 revenue distribution is expected to skyrocket for the Power-5 teams. Some conferences are additionally collecting more revenue from local or regional media. The Longhorn Network brings revenue to the University of Texas.
SEC and the SEC Network
For example, the SEC distributed $20.9 million to each of its members for the 2013-14 year. For 2014-15, from the SEC Network alone, each university will receive an estimated $23 million. The SEC Network is estimated to generate $468 million or $33.4 million per team per year with full distribution. (However, ESPN and the SEC office gets cuts of tha total, which will reduce that per team total). The NCAA tournament brings in an additional $11 million per SEC team.
The College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff will bring in an additional $87.5 million to the SEC conference for 2014-15. Each Power-5 conference begins with $50 million and then divides the remaining pie and distributes the revenue first based on participation in different bowls and then subdivided among the conference schools based on formulas devised by each conference.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAYOUTS/REVENUE DISTRIBUTION FOR 2014-15
The Big Ten and their media money
Big Ten is the leader in conference revenue. The Big Ten estimates each team will receive $44.5 million for the 2017-18 year in their first year of a new media contract deal. Each media deal is backended so that the most money will come towards the end of the contract. (That's just the media deal money.)
So, it's hard not to consider Power-5 football as a big business. Coaching contracts and building lavish facilities, recruiting budgets are reflections of the huge revenue burst. With pending lawsuits, it may be difficult to argue against players getting paid from some of this.
What do you think about these issues?
SEC and the SEC Network
For example, the SEC distributed $20.9 million to each of its members for the 2013-14 year. For 2014-15, from the SEC Network alone, each university will receive an estimated $23 million. The SEC Network is estimated to generate $468 million or $33.4 million per team per year with full distribution. (However, ESPN and the SEC office gets cuts of tha total, which will reduce that per team total). The NCAA tournament brings in an additional $11 million per SEC team.
The College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff will bring in an additional $87.5 million to the SEC conference for 2014-15. Each Power-5 conference begins with $50 million and then divides the remaining pie and distributes the revenue first based on participation in different bowls and then subdivided among the conference schools based on formulas devised by each conference.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAYOUTS/REVENUE DISTRIBUTION FOR 2014-15
The Big Ten and their media money
Big Ten is the leader in conference revenue. The Big Ten estimates each team will receive $44.5 million for the 2017-18 year in their first year of a new media contract deal. Each media deal is backended so that the most money will come towards the end of the contract. (That's just the media deal money.)
So, it's hard not to consider Power-5 football as a big business. Coaching contracts and building lavish facilities, recruiting budgets are reflections of the huge revenue burst. With pending lawsuits, it may be difficult to argue against players getting paid from some of this.
What do you think about these issues?
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