ACC asks NCAA to change Champ Game rule

10 million / 11 = $909,090
10 million / 12 = $833,333
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subtract the 2 and you get $75,757

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I was off by a little but thats pretty closed considering I was trying to do it in my head.

 

The acc teams will make over $10 million a team, not $10 million combined.

 

ok. I though they made just a combined 10 million off of the championship game.

 

Where does this money come from?

 

Not sure where all of the money comes from. TV deals and bowl games are probably the main source. The SEC split 95 million between 12 teams last year. Thats why I'm guessing the split will be around $10 million this year for the split.

 

So it's not taking money from the other conferences or schools then. The network envolved with the deal can use the fact that there is one less school to pay in their negotiations.

 

dude, they don't make $10 million per team. it's $10 million for a championship game, increasing everyone's take by about a million dollars.

 

they are going to make about $10 million when it's all said and done. I guess i got off topic a little. Started with just a championship game and I moved ahead to overall split. Regardless, the ACC still should have to come up with a 12th team if they want the money game.

 

The SEC payout per school this past year was $8.5 million. Some schools received less but that is the average.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/053103/spo_sec001.shtml

The ACC payout per school was $9.7 million.

To match it's current payout for 11 teams, the ACC needs nearly $20 million in additional revenue. A 12th team takes that to close to $30 million.

The current ACC football contract is worth around $20 million and should escalate to $25 million for the '05 season under the current deals. A new football package, not including a championship game, should be worth around $35-40 million a year.

A football championship game should generate between $6-12 million additional dollars.

All other TV rights, Basketball plus the non-revenue/Olympic sports, pay out around $30 million a year. The new conference alignment may add no more than $3 - $5 million a year, if any.

So the average numbers look a little like this based on what I've heard discussed:

New Football Revenue: $15 Million
Championship Game: $ 9 Million
Additional Sports $ 4 Million

Total $28 Million

This doesn't include additonal Bowl or BCS revenue which could be another $4 - 6 million.

The dollars should be there to match the current payout which is still $1.2 million a year more per school than the SEC's.

Don't be surprised if you hear more rumblings of SEC schools joining the ACC. The NCAA vote to drop the Champ game requirement to 10 teams could put a stop to any further ACC additions.

 

For a 12th team, how about . . . Memphis ? ? This would open up the State of TN/Memphis TV markets . . . The only minor negative would be they are in a different time zone (Central) . . . Football they would be Duke & Wake at least and their hoops program is middle of the pack (i.e. they would be halfway competitive) . . I would still go after Louisville first though . .