Big 12 distributes $198M to schools IRVING, Texas -- The Big 12 announced distributions of $198 million to its 10 member schools for the 2012-13 school year on Friday, the final day of the league's spring meetings. Eight Big 12 schools will receive $22 million, while newcomers TCU and West Virginia will receive half shares of $11 million. Those terms were part of both schools joining the Big 12 back in July 2012. The $198 million and $22 million per school are both conference records. The conference revenue is tallied from the Big 12's media rights deals with ESPN/ABC and Fox Sports as well as revenue from bowl games and the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The money does not include revenue from universities' Tier 3 media rights, which can be used to earn revenue as each school sees fit. .... The $198 million is $15 million more than the Big 12 distributed in 2011, and $3 million more per school. SEC to distribute $289.4 million The Southeastern Conference will distribute approximately $289.4 million among its 14 league members in the revenue sharing plan for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31, league commissioner Mike Slive announced Friday. This is the highest total ever distributed in SEC history. Each school will receive approximately $20.7 million in revenue distribution. The $14.1 million retained by the schools participating in bowls and the $980,000 divided among all of the league's schools by the NCAA for academic enhancement isn't included in the $289.4 million that will be distributed. Neither is revenue gained by schools from local media packages. Last year, the SEC distributed $244 million among its schools and $219.9 million during the 2010-11 fiscal year.
This means stability. If the Big 12 can get a championship with only 10 teams than I think the process will be complete. Things are good for the big conferences it seems. Everyone is making money. SEC getting SEC money. Pretty crazy. Interesting to see what the ACC scores.
What is the point of a championship game when you have a 10 team round robin? Have #1 vs #2 play, despite both having played complete and equal schedules and having faced each other? That seems like a horrible idea.
Agreed, but teams from a conference that does not have a championship game may have a harder time getting into the four team playoff. It amounts to one fewer quality opponent. I ultimately think the big 12 will go to 12 teams.
There are no valuable teams left. They will only add if those teams add to the value and monetary worth of the conference as oppose to diluting it. What is the reason to expand to 12?
I think the Big XII will split into two 5-team divisions. One division will have Texas, TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. The other division will get Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State. Then, the two division champions will play for the Big 12 Conference Championship.
So you would play 8 out of the 9 teams during the regular season conference schedule? What's the point of that? The overall strength of schedule is stronger for the conference with 9 conference games rather than only 2 teams playing a conference title game and everyone playing one extra scrub non-conference game.
At least at one point, they were appealing to the NCAA for the ability to hold one while at 10 teams.
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