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No UConn. Ease. We already have Syracuse and just got rid of Maryland. If it’s not Notre Dame, I would prefer a school that actually brings something to the table football-wise and fan support (in the same sport)
2016 (actual)
SEC: $40.5 million
Big Ten: $34.8 million
Pac-12: $28.7 million
Big 12: $28.45 million
(The ACC has not reported FY16.)Timely thread since the ACC released its tax records showing that the ACC revenue went down versus 2015 and is in last place among the five power conferences:
The 14 full-time member schools received an average of $26.3 million. Notre Dame, a member in all sports but football, received $4.25 million.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19420865/acc-revenue-slightly-373-million
The espn article ends with the ACC’s excuses/dreams:
In acknowledging that gap during ACC spring meetings Thursday, Swofford said, “That’s why we’re doing the channel,” referencing the forthcoming linear ACC Network, set to launch in 2019. “We fully expect a gap with particularly the Big Ten and SEC here for a couple of years, but that’s the very reason we’ve signed to do what we’re doing. We fully expect that gap will narrow considerably when we get the channel up and running.”
As expected, ND denies any interest in joining the ACC for football.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-notre-dame-acc-football-rumors-20170517-story.html
That article also supports my conclusion in the original post that ND’s NBC deal no longer puts the Irish ahead of other schools:
…The program maintains its partial football independence thanks to the television deal it has with NBC, which runs through 2025 and pays the school $15 million annually.
But here’s the thing: Notre Dame would make more money annually as a full-fledged ACC football member, and it would make significantly more money as a full football member once ESPN gets the ACC Network off the ground in 2019…
The Chicago Tribune article then manages to combine delusion along with a few useful facts:
but what happens if — sometime between now and 2025 — an undefeated or one-loss Notre Dame team is passed over for a College Football Playoff berth simply because it doesn’t play in a conference championship game?
It’s not impossible that we could end up with four undefeated conference champs along with ND….but the odds are so low that the possibility is not worth discussing.
A one-loss ND team would then have their strength of schedule ranked versus the other one-loss teams. Whether that evaluation would be rigged either for or against ND is impossible to predict. But it seems like the voting being rigged against ND is low enough that their administration is probably not worried at all.
As with most things, it comes back to the money. The difference is that ND gets to decide how much money is enough.
Well the big question is whether or not the domers opt for a better geographical and financial fit by going to the big 10.
Well the big question is whether or not the domers opt for a better geographical and financial fit by going to the big 10.
True, but not possible for a while (2025?) because of the contract they signed with the ACC.
Better article (better context for financial numbers) on finances from USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2017/05/19/acc-revenues-drop-30-million/101881486/
Call me pessimistic, but as fast as TV viewing habits and methods are changing I can’t help but think this ACC channel will be obsolete by the time it is up and running.
Dsd – nothing pessimistic about that. Remember, this commish and his minions coveted Miami, BC and the Cuse and added va tech only because they had to. At that time
, they demonstrated their short-sidedness by looking at traditional tv markets vs markets that actually gave a flip about college sports. I am sure this deal is every bit as short-sided
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