2013 Big Five Conference Payouts $$$

cloverleaf · Jun 18, 2014

It's good to be a member of one of the Big Five Conferences...at least when it comes to receiving the yearly check from their respective conference. Here's a look at conference revenue distributed back to each member school for fiscal 2013 and the percentage of money given back to each member by the conference.

Big Ten - $24.8 million (93.6% total revenue back to schools)
SEC - $20.7 million (92.2%)
Pac 12 - $19.0 million (68.3%)*
Big 12 - $18.5 million (92.2%)
ACC - $16.9 million (90.8%)

*The Pac 12 had a record $334 million in revenues for 2013 but only distributed $228 million back to its member schools, by far the smallest percentage among the Big Five conferences.

Like I said, its good ($$$) to be a member of one of the Big Boy conferences.

GoSooners · Jun 18, 2014

I really think that when the probationary period ends for new Big 12 members WV and TCU and they start getting their 100% share of the pie, that these two programs will start making a bigger impact in the conference. It's amazing what those extra few million dollars can do for your athletic departments.

cloverleaf · Jun 18, 2014

Sooners, I may be off a little but I believe West Virginia and TCU only received about $11 million per year since joining the Big 12. Not sure when the two schools receive a full share. Maybe this year?

As these conference distributions grow bigger than ever before, athletic departments can rely more and more on their conferences for a stable income source. Still, most big-time athletic departments have expenses anywhere from $70 million to $90 million a year so they still have to sell tickets, collect contributions and sign rich sponsorship deals to survive.

I believe West Virginia had to pay the Big East $10 million as an exit fee. Not sure about TCU. You are right though, the extra money will give both schools a boost.

WinOne · Jun 18, 2014

cloverleaf said:
It's good to be a member of one of the Big Five Conferences...at least when it comes to receiving the yearly check from their respective conference. Here's a look at conference revenue distributed back to each member school for fiscal 2013 and the percentage of money given back to each member by the conference.

Big Ten - $24.8 million (93.6% total revenue back to schools)
SEC - $20.7 million (92.2%)
Pac 12 - $19.0 million (68.3%)*
Big 12 - $18.5 million (92.2%)
ACC - $16.9 million (90.8%)

*The Pac 12 had a record $334 million in revenues for 2013 but only distributed $228 million back to its member schools, by far the smallest percentage among the Big Five conferences.

Like I said, its good ($$$) to be a member of one of the Big Boy conferences.

The good thing about the PAC12 is that their TV money will be all theirs as they don't have to share with anyone startups. It's one of the downsides to the SEC network. Since they partnered with ESPN, they'll have to give part of their proceeds to ESPN which will cut into the overall NET revenue generated by the conference. But it's still a heck of a winfall to be in the Power 5

cloverleaf · Jun 18, 2014

The Pac 12 TV Network is owned and operated by the league. Where the SEC is partnered with ESPN and the Big Ten with Fox, the Pac has to pay all operating expenses. The main reason for the 68% return to members is because of operating expenses for the Pac 12 TV Network.

GoSooners · Jun 18, 2014

cloverleaf said:
Sooners, I may be off a little but I believe West Virginia and TCU only received about $11 million per year since joining the Big 12. Not sure when the two schools receive a full share. Maybe this year?

As these conference distributions grow bigger than ever before, athletic departments can rely more and more on their conferences for a stable income source. Still, most big-time athletic departments have expenses anywhere from $70 million to $90 million a year so they still have to sell tickets, collect contributions and sign rich sponsorship deals to survive.

I believe West Virginia had to pay the Big East $10 million as an exit fee. Not sure about TCU. You are right though, the extra money will give both schools a boost.

Yes, I believe it's $11 million each. Which will be about doubled once they get out of this probationary period. I think it ends next year or after this year, but I'll have to look it up..

groundhog11 · Jun 18, 2014

i think wvu/tcu made 14 million each this year....67% of revenue....next yr they make 84% , then following yr 100%....

those numbers for big12 are a little off....it doesnt count tier 3 revenue....i think each school made 20.7mil, with wvu/tcu shares reduced , each school made 23mil...

bowlsby says in the coming years each school will be close to 40 mil...

great info on all the conferences clover....

cloverleaf · Jun 18, 2014

Thanks number 11..........

why the guys here at RX are the most knowledgeable CFB guys on the net.

*Correction: I stated earlier that WV had a $10 million exit fee from the Big East. One of my buddies said it was only $5 million and he's usually correct...so I'll correct myself and say $5 million.

groundhog11 · Jun 18, 2014

once wvu receives 100% revenue they will pay the big12 back 1 million for 5 yrs....

Conan · Jun 30, 2014

cloverleaf said:
The Pac 12 TV Network is owned and operated by the league. Where the SEC is partnered with ESPN and the Big Ten with Fox, the Pac has to pay all operating expenses. The main reason for the 68% return to members is because of operating expenses for the Pac 12 TV Network.

That expense will be covered more easily when the initial network expenses are paid off and when DirecTv signs on. The satellite provider is in the midst of being sold and it is expected to add the Pac to its regular sports lineup when the sale is done. They came close to arriving at an agreement with the Pac-12 Networks this year but the sale was dragging on for too long for things to work out for the 2014 season. It's expected to take a year to finish off the details so everybody waits. In the meantime the 3rd tier games are proceeding to fill up TV schedules for the 6 regional Pac-12 networks. And it's true that the start-up costs are huge, after all, there will be 7 individual networks with 7 separate staffs. (6 regional and one primary network.) Eventually the costs will be recovered when all of the networks are fully functional.

Eventually each school is expecting to receive between 5-10 million in additional revenues from its stake in regional network programming (split with no one) beyond the present network TV deal. The Primary Pac-12 Network has already inked deals with Dish Network and numerous cable companies while the DirecTV deal waits until next year. Ultimately each school is expected to top off at $26 to $30 million in total TV revenues per year for everything involved including the regional network revenues until the next TV contract rolls around. It's safe to say that Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has been busy earning his keep. Some claim that the Pac12 has already surpassed the SEC as the strongest conference top to bottom. I'd happily settle for 2nd place at least until someone earns a NC. Meanwhile the money keeps rolling in and the network infrastructure remains a work-in-progress.