Gonzaga to the Mountain West

[CatGrad-UMGradStu]

Thanks to this thread, I'm getting bombarded with GONZAGA links, advertisements,etc on my internet applications. Lol

That is a good thing. Keep advocating for our former military people and you'll be rewarded for your efforts.

 

[Gaeilge1]

I would like to see a breakdown of each of the P5 conferences with reference to just which sport does bring in the most revenue with and without TV money added into the equation.
I would not be surprised for instance to see the ACC generating more I basketball than football and I also would not be surprised to see the Big 10 be pretty even.

 

[IdaGriz01]

I would like to see a breakdown of each of the P5 conferences with reference to just which sport does bring in the most revenue with and without TV money added into the equation.
I would not be surprised for instance to see the ACC generating more I basketball than football and I also would not be surprised to see the Big 10 be pretty even.

The NCAA has that information somewhere on its web site (I think), but it’s damn difficult to find. And I doubt that you can split out the TV money from the rest anyway. But I would guess that TV money is a big part of the number for the high-revenue schools. The Business Insider article does have a separate category for “Licensing/Rights Fees,” but I’m assuming that’s money coming in from “branded” t-shirts, mugs, and that sort of stuff.

Anyway, here’s what I gleaned from the article, broken down by conference. Of course, that’s only a partial sample since it only shows the schools making $100 million-plus. Some conferences have lots of schools on the list, but some others … not so much. (And no quibbles, please, I shall indicate “million” with an “M”.)

Thus, the ACC had only three schools that brought in more than $100 million: Louisville, Florida State and Virginia. Those three averaged $40.8 M from football, $23.9 M from basketball. Louisville skews the proportion because, as you speculated, they brought in more from basketball ($45.2 M) than from football ($34.5 M). Since so many ACC schools did not make the list, there’s no way to be sure there aren’t more schools like Louisville in that conference.

The Big-12 had “only” two schools make the list: Texas and Oklahoma. But they made it in a big way since Texas was #1 and Oklahoma was #4. Anyway, those two averaged $101 M from football and just $15.2 M from basketball. Since the B-12 is generally considered a “football” conference, I’m betting that proportion is at least generally representative.

The Big Ten is very well represented, with eight schools on the list (Ohio State was #2, Michigan State #26). They averaged $64.2 M from football, $15.8 M from basketball.

The Pac-12 had only three schools make the list: Stanford, Southern Cal, and Washington. Those schools averaged $51.5 M from football, $14.9 M from basketball. Stanford is a huge anomaly in one way: Their women’s basketball program brought in way more than the men’s: $18.6 M vs $6.8 M. But, again, even with the big contribution from Stanford, football was the main revenue-generator.

The SEC had the most teams on the list (ten) … no surprise there. South Carolina was the lowest at #18, while Alabama came in at #3. Those schools average $73.5 M from football, $14.3 M from basketball.

So, with the possible exception of the ACC, P5 schools get way more revenue from football than they do from basketball.

FYI: The Big East, considered a “power” in basketball (six teams to the Big Dance), actually has three schools that have football programs. All three compete at the FCS level: Villanova (CAA), Georgetown (Patriot), and Butler (Pioneer).

 

[AZDoc]

Thanks to this thread, I'm getting bombarded with GONZAGA links, advertisements,etc on my internet applications. Lol

That is a good thing. Keep advocating for our former military people and you'll be rewarded for your efforts.

That’s funny...I just keep getting porn ads...

 

[putter]

I saw a stat that showed Gonzaga brought in about $8MM for the conference just from last years Final Four run

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Please read carefully:

I've stated there's nothing immediate happening in the power 5. But because the Zag's move shows there's still plenty of money to be made via conference realignment, and because whenever there's money to be made the P5 will be on it faster that Trump on an adult film star, there WILL be additional movement. Likely sooner rather than later.

Ya...but we also have our Stormy Daniels holding us back over in Bozeman.

 

[mtgrizrule]

Please read carefully:

I've stated there's nothing immediate happening in the power 5. But because the Zag's move shows there's still plenty of money to be made via conference realignment, and because whenever there's money to be made the P5 will be on it faster that Trump on an adult film star, there WILL be additional movement. Likely sooner rather than later.

Ya...but we also have our Stormy Daniels holding us back over in Bozeman.

Yet, most of us would still do her. :thumb: :lol:

 

[EverettGriz]

Please read carefully:

I've stated there's nothing immediate happening in the power 5. But because the Zag's move shows there's still plenty of money to be made via conference realignment, and because whenever there's money to be made the P5 will be on it faster that Trump on an adult film star, there WILL be additional movement. Likely sooner rather than later.

Ya...but we also have our Stormy Daniels holding us back over in Bozeman.

:lol:

 

[Gaeilge1]

I certainly would.

 

[behappp]

http://www.sandiegouniontribune....gonzaga-mountain-west-wcc-20180331-story.html
Zags are staying

 

[acehunter65]

Old news now, Gonzaga has decided to turn down the Mountain West's invitation to join their conference. In the end they didn't think it would be much of a move up and it would cost Gonzaga a bunch of money in lost revenue from ESPN and NCAA tournament bonuses. That coupled with the fact that their current conference (WCC) made a bunch of concessions to Gonzaga in the form of NCAA tournament bonus sharing, conference scheduling and the conference tournament format. Conference games will be reduced from 18 to 16, allowing Gonzaga and other teams to schedule better & more non-conference games to help their RPI and a restriction was put in place that will allow a team to schedule only two non-Division 1 games in a season. Gonzaga is also pushing other conference schools to upgrade their programs and be more competitive. Most of the millions earned by Gonzaga (and shared with conference schools) has not gone to upgrading basketball, the Zags are pushing to change that.

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

...That coupled with the fact that their current conference (WCC) made a bunch of concessions to Gonzaga in the form of NCAA tournament bonus sharing, conference scheduling and the conference tournament format. Conference games will be reduced from 18 to 16, allowing Gonzaga and other teams to schedule better & more non-conference games to help their RPI and a restriction was put in place that will allow a team to schedule only two non-Division 1 games in a season. Gonzaga is also pushing other conference schools to upgrade their programs and be more competitive. Most of the millions earned by Gonzaga (and shared with conference schools) has not gone to upgrading basketball, the Zags are pushing to change that.

Sounds like maybe something UM should do....

 

[mtgrizrule]

...That coupled with the fact that their current conference (WCC) made a bunch of concessions to Gonzaga in the form of NCAA tournament bonus sharing, conference scheduling and the conference tournament format. Conference games will be reduced from 18 to 16, allowing Gonzaga and other teams to schedule better & more non-conference games to help their RPI and a restriction was put in place that will allow a team to schedule only two non-Division 1 games in a season. Gonzaga is also pushing other conference schools to upgrade their programs and be more competitive. Most of the millions earned by Gonzaga (and shared with conference schools) has not gone to upgrading basketball, the Zags are pushing to change that.

Sounds like maybe something UM should do....

I thought the same exact thing. :thumb: