Here's another valuation technique that getting some chatter in other venues. Nebraska seems to be fine.
https://graphics.wsj.com/table/COUNT_09212017
https://graphics.wsj.com/table/COUNT_09212017
Big 12 Conference Payment Distribution
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Not arguing your point, just trying to make sure there is clarity that the $20 M and increasing gap may not continue to increase at the rate it appears to be.
Just call them what they are. Names like the Big 10, the Big 8, the SWC. Bring all the old conferences back together, like the Metro. Even the ones that should have been but never were (like the mythical JoePa Eastern conference).
Bring back rivalries. That was the one component that college football has lost, and needs to bring back.
Interesting that it goes from over 1.5B to under 1B in just 3 spots; it goes from 1B to 500M in 12 spots and from 500M to 250M in 20 spots; and from 250M to 125M in 24 spots.
Talk about haves and have nots - there are only 7 other schools within 50% of what the OSU is worth and only 47 other schools that are within 10% of the top dog.
That is exactly what I noticed as well. Not sure exactly what accounts for that steep drop off but that was pretty clear.
That is same valuation referenced I article. They just listed top 27 conveniently and only included football value. Include basketball hard to find a big 12 team that isn't top 40 in value.
This blows my mind as to why anyone thinks the Big 12 is the most vulnerable. I think of a team like Florida State that we know wasn't super happy with its conference a few years ago. They just lost Jimbo Fisher because they couldn't afford to match Texas A&M's offer. Their at $26.6M and would go to $36.5M not counting 3rd tier rights. You'd think a school like Florida State could get $3M or so there. That's just under a 50% pay increase. Easily would of paid Jimbo's new salary. Don't settle Big 12, we're in much better shape than ESPN would have us believe.
These are all financial calculations. They value a football program using present value assumptions. Obviously, WVU is not generating cash the way ISU and others. Maybe they have a heavy debt load. It's not a reflection of play on the field. It's all about what their financial statements tell an analyst about how the enterprise is performing with assumptions going forward. Anyone in M&A work does this kind of stuff routinely.
It's almost like that wasn't considered when schools jumped conferences. I hate it. Tried to go for a quick buck and lost what really made cfb fun
Perhaps he had many reasons for leaving and some more important than money, but don't think for a second that his massive pay raise that Fl St willingly stated they couldn't match had nothing to do with it. Anyway, Jimbo and Florida St were just my example to an overall point.
Why is everyone determined the Big 12 is doomed when on average we pay out 3rd most of all conferences? Does anyone truly believe Texas would leave for the PAC or ACC when they're making bank verses what they'd make in those conferences. I'm convinced if the conference holds steady at 10, eventually somethings going to give in the PAC or ACC. Personally I hope its the ACC as the east coast has more eyeballs and therefore more revenue.
ISU ahead of Kansas, North Carolina, and way ahead of Duke. Really puts the value of football over basketball into perspective. (Although, ISU is not exactly a shining example of football--which kind of proves my point..)
While I agree with you that there were a lot of problems behind the scenes, you don't think a 10-year, $75 million contract had no bearing on his decision to go to A&M?
No doubt. But Florida State could and would have paid enough to keep him without the other issues.
https://247sports.com/college/texas...atch-Texas-AM-offer-to-Jimbo-Fisher-111613516
Seems to go against what their AD said.
Of course that's what the school will say. They were already paying him $6 million. What's an additional $1.5?
The AD and Fisher had clashed for years. He didn't like the way Fisher was constantly holding the school hostage, his arrogance and the continuous flirting with other schools. Fisher, on the other hand, was looking for a fresh start after his ugly and public divorce. He is 52 years old and references how TAM provided him the best path to truly establish something great.
A rabbit trail for sure, but I don't see Jimbo winning at aTm the way he did at FSU. Aggie is always going to suck at UT's teat. That wasn't the case in Florida where Bowden built a tremendous football program that Jimbo simply kept at the highest level. We'll see. But I'm guessing in the end, this is going to be another Aggie coaching bonfire, like Franchione and Sherman. They should never have shelved R.C. Slocum. He was solid and so Aggie. Would be like K-State firing Bruce Weber today.
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Yeah, I struggle to take seriously a football valuation list that has West Virginia at 66 with $72m but Kansas at 43 with $183m.
