The Big Ten Cashes In
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We see a lot of projected numbers. I'm guessing its gonna be more in the mid-high 40's once the real numbers come in.
No, those will almost certainly be the floor for where they come in. These schools generate these based on worst case estimates.
Holy crap. That's an increase of almost $15 mil per school in one year...
"The new television football/basketball agreements boosts the Big Ten conference revenue disbursements to $51.1 million, up from $36.3 million in 2017. The Big Ten took the unusual step of using multiple television partners in this deal, with the ESPN/ABC group taking some of the football slate and Fox taking a portion."
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...iversity-michigan-athletics-budget/401101001/
"The new television football/basketball agreements boosts the Big Ten conference revenue disbursements to $51.1 million, up from $36.3 million in 2017. The Big Ten took the unusual step of using multiple television partners in this deal, with the ESPN/ABC group taking some of the football slate and Fox taking a portion."
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...iversity-michigan-athletics-budget/401101001/
I guess time will tell. Even the SEC's "projections" from last year came in lower when the real numbers came out.
Time will tell when the bottom is going to drop out. It will eventually.
No different than society as a whole right now. The "have's" keep getting more and more while the "have not's" keep losing out. Sports is certainly no different. Kinda sad really.
Would it ever get to the point where people just stay home and watch on TV because it's too expensive to go?? That would be strange to see nearly empty stadiums, but schools still raking it in because of the TV deals.
No different than society as a whole right now. The "have's" keep getting more and more while the "have not's" keep losing out. Sports is certainly no different. Kinda sad really.
Would it ever get to the point where people just stay home and watch on TV because it's too expensive to go?? That would be strange to see nearly empty stadiums, but schools still raking it in because of the TV deals.
Schools and conferences are different. Conferences are a little bit more aggressive since there is a marketing advantage there and don't answer to much regulation. Schools/Athletic Depts have to answer to Regents. I know Iowa projected $45 million for 2018 for revenue distribution but that was about a year ago before all the contracts were signed.
My guess is that if there is any basis to what you're saying, those projections were not from a Board of Regents report. My guess is B10 numbers will be at least this and continue to increase in the following couple years.
The last B10 negotiations led to huge increases. Maybe the 45 was determined prior to those negotiations.
What is more ridiculous to me is the fact that with all that revenue, they only predict a $2M surplus. What the heck? Talk about wasteful spending.
They had to take the entire football team on an unnecessary trip to Europe!
Gotta account for all those past and future lawsuits.
And raising prices despite having 2 fewer home games than last year. I wonder if they are raising based on a season ticket cost or per game. Pay more but get two fewer games - that would be great.50% more TV revenue but still raising ticket prices.
It's already happening with a lot of conferences and teams, the Midwest schools are lucky with their attendance numbers for FB and BB. Just watch the games as the season goes on they might have sold seats but lots of attendance issues as the season goes on. ISU fans are extremely loyal for the product we have put on the field. Even when we sucked at BB are attendance was respectable around 10,000 if I remember right. I think this year there may be a dip in BB attendance if they don't get off to a good start. I think the season ticket numbers will be strong, but single game attendance will drop if we are around the .500 mark IMO.
