05-17-2008, 01:36 PM
It seemed like we were having a pretty good debate and then he posted this and the moderators locked the thread and I did not get a chance to respond... So what the heck I'll do a response here, because I have seen him use this link quite a few times...
What I find funny is the lack of revenue that just happens to be missing from the MWC side of it, in comparing the 2 conferences;
C-USA
Income NCAA men’s basketball tournament $7,215,178
Television revenue $6,650,000
Grants-in-aid $5,034,590
Expansion participation funds $2,576,004
Bowl revenue $2,358,219
C-USA men’s basketball tournament $1,254,355
Student-athlete opportunity fund $1,066,407
BCS revenue $1,050,000
Sports sponsorships $1,012,810
C-USA football championship $982,405
NCAA enhancement fund $699,960
Versus
MWC
Income Membership dues $2,700,000
Mountain West basketball tournament $972,094
TV royalties $532,175
Production $260,000
Merchandise royalties $62,692
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like a few things could be missing... Like;
Television revenue (TV royalties are not the same as TV Revenue)
Income from NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Bowl revenue
BC$ revenue
NCAA enhancement fund
Were is the MWC's;
Grants-in-aid
Sports sponsorships
So according to this source (the Birmingham News, coming from a UAB Grad), the MWC didn't get:
NCAA credit monies; http://www1.ncaa.org/finance/bkb_dist.html
Bowl revenue; yet in 2006 they played in Las Vegas Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, and New Mexico Bowl
BC$ revenue; yet the according to this the MWC had the highest non-Auto ranking (C-USA was 3rd of the 5) http://www.idahostatesman.com/boisestate...96335.html
NCAA enhancement fund; I would have to believe that each conference would receive monies from this fund...
Sports sponsorships; Sports sponsorships and Merchandise royalties are not the same....
Just looking at the Bowls;
In 2006 C-USA Bowl game were...
Liberty Bowl
GMAC Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
PapaJohns.com Bowl
Which would roughly paid out a total of $3475,000 and it looks like after expenses (unless it was from 2005's Bowls) was $2,358,219, so roughly expense averaged $223,356.20 per game.
So if the MWC expenses were $250,000 per game there would still be $2,050,000 to split among the MWC teams.
BC$ Revenue; C-USA should have earned $2,486,400, yet looks to have only split $1,050,000 or 42.2% of the total.
Using the same 42.2% the MWC would have split $1,489,491.20
For some reason it seems like there could be quite a few missing numbers for the MWC...
Quote:If you wanna compare conference financial numbers use the ones from the IRS Form 990 2006 filings. I'm not sure how the MWC can pay the light bill. Is electricity in the high mountains yet?
I wish TCU the best in their new conference, but IMO TCU and BC did some things back in 03 that probably burned bridges with schools and conferences.
Conference CONFERENCE USA
IncomeNCAA men’s basketball tournament $7,215,178
Television revenue $6,650,000
Grants-in-aid $5,034,590
Expansion participation funds $2,576,004
Bowl revenue $2,358,219
C-USA men’s basketball tournament $1,254,355
Student-athlete opportunity fund $1,066,407
BCS revenue $1,050,000
Sports sponsorships $1,012,810
C-USA football championship $982,405
NCAA enhancement fund $699,960
Expenses Payments to current members $27,031,035
Championship expenses $2,961,186
Salaries $1,622,687
Payments to former members $609,812
Support services $654,837
Marketing and promotions $494,686
Other employee benefits $287,989
Championships $266,460
Conferences, conventions, meetings $203,785
Occupancy $158,958
Revenue split Current members
Memphis $3,077,833
Houston $2,646,804
Southern Mississippi $2,566,393
East Carolina $2,487,718
Alabama-Birmingham $2,448,158
Central Florida $2,347,558
Tulsa $2,246,794
Tulane $2,156,509
Texas-El Paso $2,087,298
Southern Methodist $1,770,082
Marshall $1,638,535
Rice $1,557,353
Total $27,031,035
Average $2,252,586
Former members
Cincinnati $406,542
DePaul $101,635
UNC-Charlotte $84,696
Saint Louis $16,939
Total $609,812
Commissioner Comp Britton Banowsky
Compensation $415,413
Benefit plans $128,205
Expense accounts $15,000
Total $558,618
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Conference MOUNTAIN WEST
Income Membership dues $2,700,000
Mountain West basketball tournament $972,094
TV royalties $532,175
Production $260,000
Merchandise royalties $62,692
ExpensesPayments to members $1,205,630
Salaries $1,147,866
Mountain West basketball tournament $883,079
Championship expenses $379,944
Television/radio $321,653
Travel $156,211
Basketball tournament distributions $145,015
Occupancy $128,178
Officiating $109,184
Revenue split
Brigham Young $215,808
San Diego State $169,604
New Mexico $158,574
Utah $155,874
Wyoming $138,526
Nevada-Las Vegas $137,500
Texas Christian $106,755
Colorado State $103,381
Air Force $19,608
Total $1,205,630
Average $133,959
Commissioner Comp Craig Thompson
Compensation $314,783
Benefit plans $62,957
Total $377,740
http://blog.al.com/bn/2008/02/show_me_th...n_i_a.html
What I find funny is the lack of revenue that just happens to be missing from the MWC side of it, in comparing the 2 conferences;
C-USA
Income NCAA men’s basketball tournament $7,215,178
Television revenue $6,650,000
Grants-in-aid $5,034,590
Expansion participation funds $2,576,004
Bowl revenue $2,358,219
C-USA men’s basketball tournament $1,254,355
Student-athlete opportunity fund $1,066,407
BCS revenue $1,050,000
Sports sponsorships $1,012,810
C-USA football championship $982,405
NCAA enhancement fund $699,960
Versus
MWC
Income Membership dues $2,700,000
Mountain West basketball tournament $972,094
TV royalties $532,175
Production $260,000
Merchandise royalties $62,692
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like a few things could be missing... Like;
Television revenue (TV royalties are not the same as TV Revenue)
Income from NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Bowl revenue
BC$ revenue
NCAA enhancement fund
Were is the MWC's;
Grants-in-aid
Sports sponsorships
So according to this source (the Birmingham News, coming from a UAB Grad), the MWC didn't get:
NCAA credit monies; http://www1.ncaa.org/finance/bkb_dist.html
Bowl revenue; yet in 2006 they played in Las Vegas Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, and New Mexico Bowl
BC$ revenue; yet the according to this the MWC had the highest non-Auto ranking (C-USA was 3rd of the 5) http://www.idahostatesman.com/boisestate...96335.html
NCAA enhancement fund; I would have to believe that each conference would receive monies from this fund...
Sports sponsorships; Sports sponsorships and Merchandise royalties are not the same....
Just looking at the Bowls;
In 2006 C-USA Bowl game were...
Liberty Bowl
GMAC Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
PapaJohns.com Bowl
Which would roughly paid out a total of $3475,000 and it looks like after expenses (unless it was from 2005's Bowls) was $2,358,219, so roughly expense averaged $223,356.20 per game.
So if the MWC expenses were $250,000 per game there would still be $2,050,000 to split among the MWC teams.
BC$ Revenue; C-USA should have earned $2,486,400, yet looks to have only split $1,050,000 or 42.2% of the total.
Using the same 42.2% the MWC would have split $1,489,491.20
For some reason it seems like there could be quite a few missing numbers for the MWC...