01-16-2020, 02:56 PM
Seems to me that the real problem is that the P12N is spending at a level that anticipated additional revenue which never materialized. But I don't think they have many options to increase revenue until the next time that broadcast rights are up for bid in 2024. Which means that the P12 will fall further and further behind the B10, SEC and B12 in distributions to the conference schools. I believe that to be true whether Larry Scott is in charge or someone else is.
Reminder about the current gap between P12 and other conferences. Per-school distributions for FY2018:
Big Ten: $54M to 12 longest-standing schools
SEC: $43.7M to all except Mississippi (postseason ban)
Big 12: $34.7M
Pac-12 and ACC: $29.5M each
About all they can do is to hunker down and wait it out until they have a chance to put the rights up for bid again.
Reminder about the current gap between P12 and other conferences. Per-school distributions for FY2018:
Big Ten: $54M to 12 longest-standing schools
SEC: $43.7M to all except Mississippi (postseason ban)
Big 12: $34.7M
Pac-12 and ACC: $29.5M each
About all they can do is to hunker down and wait it out until they have a chance to put the rights up for bid again.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000