Marshall expects a minimum annual profit of $130,000 from C-USA's revenue sharing program, Marcum said. The school would offset an estimated $800,000 increase in travel costs with $930,000 from the league's football and men's basketball television packages and NCAA basketball tournament revenues, according to the university's projections for fiscal 2006.
-You better hope Southern Miss has a final four team, and big ratings for CUSA Football, otherwise you're going to be loosing money.
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Marshall is focusing on near term money. That basketball money and TV contract is going to be a thing of the past once the likes of UC, Louisville, Marquette, DePaul, St. Louis and UNCC exit C-USA.
Overnight, C-USA will go from one of the top five basketball leagues in the nation to a less than stellar mid-major.
Kit-Cat Wrote:Marshall expects a minimum annual profit of $130,000 from C-USA's revenue sharing program, Marcum said. The school would offset an estimated $800,000 increase in travel costs with $930,000 from the league's football and men's basketball television packages and NCAA basketball tournament revenues, according to the university's projections for fiscal 2006.
-You better hope Southern Miss has a final four team, and big ratings for CUSA Football, otherwise you're going to be loosing money.
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That is Herd logic/education for you. Do they not realize most/much of that money/bowls are going away with Cin. and Louisville?
The bowls' aren't much of a profit center. Conference USA schools spend quite a bit of television money propping them up. That will continue.
Marshall could benefit more financially if Conference USA dumped one or two of its weakest bowls.