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RE: Will CUSA expand within the next 3 years? (adding Texas State and Georgia State)
(07-12-2017 05:59 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: Does anyone have solid numbers for what C-USA schools are bringing in each year versus what the Sunbelt does?
There seems to be some conception from Sunbelt folks that somehow the Sunbelt as currently configured is better than C-USA. It's my opinion that while C-USA is oversized and would be better off slit in two with each side raiding the Sunbelt for a few additional members they have superior programs.
All 4 Texas C-USA schools have better programs than Texas St.
I would argue that ULL and Arkansas St are on par with LA Tech but LA Twch seems to think otherwise since they avoided them during their stint in the WAC.
ULM is one of the poorest funded FBS schools in the nation
On the Gulf Coast USM trumps USA for longevity and tradition
While UAB plays in an old off campus stadium they are in a much more attractive market than Troy
The Charlotte and Georgia St programs are about equivalent as start ups in big markets--one has a dinky but brand new stadium the other a retrofitted baseball field
Coastal and the F_U twins are somewhat similar but the F_Us have a big head start on the Chanticleers
That leaves Georgia Southern and App St in the Sunbelt and WKU, MTSU, Marshall, and ODU in C-USA. The SBC schools have storied FCS pasts but so does Marshall. I'd say the value of those 4 trumps the value of the SBCs pair
Easy enough to find.
TV
CUSA $2.8 million
Sun Belt $1.3 million
Base CFP
CUSA $10 million
Sun Belt $10 million
CFP Performance fund distribution 2016
CUSA $3,929,315
Sun Belt $7,115,246
NCAA Units @ $264,859 for distribution in 2017-18
CUSA 11 units = $2,913,449
Sun Belt 10 = $2,648,590
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