(06-21-2021 07:50 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  But the idea that the AAC gets a larger share than what roughly 20% of what the other non Contract Bowl conferences get presumes that the AAC has a bargaining position, based on its veto over the early change to the system, and that the hypothetical Go4 is a passive participant without a bargaining position, despite having four vetoes over the early change to the system.

Not only that, but the truth is that the current CFP distribution model for the G5 is already pretty skewed towards performance. E.g., there have been years where the AAC has received $25 million from the CFP while the Sun Belt has received $14 million. That's almost a 70% difference in revenue distribution. I doubt there's much appetite within the G5 to make it even more "merit based".

So to me, if the point of negotiating separately is to significantly boost AAC pay, it isn't really about getting a larger slice of the G5 pie. What it has to actually be about is getting a larger slice of money from beyond the G5 pie, meaning the P5 pie. And then you're trying to convince the SEC commissioner that Georgia and Florida should get less so UCF and ECU can get more.

I'm not sure that's gonna fly.