The (San Jose) Mercury News has been doing a continuing analysis of the PAC-12 media revenue "shortfall" situation (relative to the other four P5's) for some time. The recent "shockwave" announcement by the PAC-12 has rekindled their investigation and analysis. In the announcement the PAC-12 has proposed selling up to 10% of the Conference Network for cash, a lot of cash. This action would be taken because the PAC-12's own network it operates itself has failed to bring in anywhere near the amount of revenue it needs to continue.
The full article is in the link below.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02...-erase-the-revenue-gap-within-the-power-five/
What makes their "data" interesting is they show what all the conferences receive in media dollars per team today, and also what they expect all of them will receive in just a few more years.
And the ACC is in some trouble if these projections hold. Being behind the SEC and Big Ten is one thing. But trailing the pack is bad. Coaching and Recruiting implications.
Here is what they project the P5's to get in the near future per team:
SEC: $61.5 million per school
Big Ten: $51 million per school
Pac-12: $39.5 million per school
Big 12: $38 million per school
ACC: $34.5 million per school
Note the ACC amount is post-ACCN implementation. Here is their logic:
"Next, let’s consider the ACC’s linear network, which launches in the fall.
Revenue projections from the conference, as laid out by former Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox, show each school receiving a whopping $8 million-to-$10 million initially, with that figure rising to $10 million-to-$15 million once the network is mature.
The Hotline is skeptical of those figures, based on conversations with media industry sources. We’ll calculate 50 cents actual for every dollar projected, then target that figure at the middle of the range laid out by Wilcox.
So half of $12.5 million — the middle of the range of payouts for a mature network — brings us to about $6.25 million per school."
The full article is in the link below.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02...-erase-the-revenue-gap-within-the-power-five/
What makes their "data" interesting is they show what all the conferences receive in media dollars per team today, and also what they expect all of them will receive in just a few more years.
And the ACC is in some trouble if these projections hold. Being behind the SEC and Big Ten is one thing. But trailing the pack is bad. Coaching and Recruiting implications.
Here is what they project the P5's to get in the near future per team:
SEC: $61.5 million per school
Big Ten: $51 million per school
Pac-12: $39.5 million per school
Big 12: $38 million per school
ACC: $34.5 million per school
Note the ACC amount is post-ACCN implementation. Here is their logic:
"Next, let’s consider the ACC’s linear network, which launches in the fall.
Revenue projections from the conference, as laid out by former Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox, show each school receiving a whopping $8 million-to-$10 million initially, with that figure rising to $10 million-to-$15 million once the network is mature.
The Hotline is skeptical of those figures, based on conversations with media industry sources. We’ll calculate 50 cents actual for every dollar projected, then target that figure at the middle of the range laid out by Wilcox.
So half of $12.5 million — the middle of the range of payouts for a mature network — brings us to about $6.25 million per school."
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