Smartest comment I’ve seen in months on the BY. Our fate is tied more to BC than UNC. Sucks, but true. F superconferences and football driving the college sports bus into the ditch of boring corporate professionalism.
If you equate brand and tv ratings (accumulated by history) with deserving more money, you’re part of the problem. Leverage is not talent, brains, or a sign of excellence. Especially given FSU’s last 10 years. I chuckle at their performance payout and will until it changes. At least Clemson backed it up with a so-so season (for them) last year.
The difference between the ACC and the Big12 is that the top of the ACC is higher than the top of the Big12 but the middle and bottom of the Big12 is higher than the middle and bottom of the ACC. So, it'd be silly for the Big12 to have created a unequal revenue share system up to this point. Though, they'll probably move towards it next - now that their closest competitor has done it. Will be interesting to see if/when the Big10 and SEC get there one day.
Belichick is doing things differently at UNC. Look at 2026 recruiting. UNC currently has 36 commits for 2026 (most of any college) as it seems he is going to develop players using his full 105 roster. Will it work? It could, especially since you can churn the roster if players don't work out.
Are these freshmen or does it include transfers? I'd think with BB they would load up on transfers from the portal which is the strategy these days. The whole BB - Hudson social media posts is just too bizarre.
I think in the old CR thinking, it would not be good for UConn. But if consolidation is the new model, it actually may be pretty good for UConn. It all depends on how many programs make the cut. It's all about how large the P2 want to get but UConn will be part of the rest in one way or another.
36 Freshman commits for 2026 & he signed 30 for 2025 even though he wasn't hired until mid December. Also signed 41 transfers & my guess is he signs 15 or so this cycle. Somebody is likely transferring whether they want to or not
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I think this is how he is thinking about it. Start with the $144 million budget today. First, you have to add $20.5 million for revenue share. Next, VT's football head coach makes ~$4.8 million and the top coaches in the ACC are making $11 million and $10 million. So add $5 million for the head football coach. VT's football assistant coach pool is ~$5.5 million ad the top ACC schools pay $8.5 to $10 million, so add $4 million for the football assistant coach pool. Next, VT pays their head basketball coach $2.8 million and the top ACC coaches are between $4 and $8 million., so add say $2 million for the basketball coach. Finally, they probably need to boost hiring and salaries for support staff, nutritionists, strength coaches, other sports,...
You're underestimating the size of budgets by a lot. Even the Ivies have $10m football budgets. A MAC school will have a $25m football budget. I definitely think UConn must be in that $30-$40M range. Goliaths are $100M and above.
True....although, I think sometimes - depending on who they are talking too, the small schools are inclined to inflate their numbers to make it sound like they are still a 'big - small dog.'
I tend to think the opposite. They are trying to hide the losses from stakeholders. The parents. "We lost $30M on football" doesn't go over well when they are charging each student $1k a year.