ACC Final Four Success a Windfall for Every ACC Program

[Wulfpack]

Having two ACC teams in the Final Four is good news for N.C. State. And Louisville. And Boston College. And all eight ACC teams that didn’t even play in the tournament this season.

Each NCAA tournament game an ACC team plays is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to every team in the conference, whether they’re in the tournament or not. And the record-setting performance of the ACC the past two seasons will mean an annual boost of more than $400,000 to every ACC school for the next six years and possibly beyond.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article69485607.html#storylink=cpy

[PK Pollar]

Unless the extra $400,000/yr makes NC State complacent and happy with the results we’ve been getting. “Hungry” is not exactly a word I would use for NC State athletics. The desire for competition should lead to better results.

It is great that we have access to such money for non-revenue sports. I’m glad they get the benefits of college competition and that they put their heart and soul into the University during the short time they are at school.

[bill.onthebeach]

fwiw… schools still playing would play have to pay their “travel expenses” which are not cheap..

After factoring in the “up for a good year” and “down for a bad year” impact on alumni giving,
NOT playing basically means a free ride… at least from a $math%financial$math$ point of view…

#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!

[BJD95]

That’s still miniscule taters when you consider how far behind we are in football TV money.

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