UNC athletic director joins call for unequal revenue distribution in ACC
"Equal distribution was very appropriate, particularly when you had eight schools in your league," Bubba Cunningham said. "As your league expands, the footprint expands, the number of sports that you offer differs, the overall value to the league and its media markets is different, and I think some of us are starting to suggest we need to re-examine that and take a look at where is the value and how do we distribute the money differently so that we can ensure the teams that want to invest the most, the schools that want to invest the most will be rewarded for that investment."
Cunningham acknowledged any solution is likely to leave some and maybe all schools unhappy.
"I’m not sure you’re going to satisfy everyone with a differential payout," Cunningham said. "In fact, I’m relatively confident you’re not going to satisfy anyone. Because some aren’t going to think they have enough and others feel like they took an unnecessary haircut."
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3y
So why give them more money now when they are locked in here with the rest of us? All this is doing is making the ACC look weak (even weaker than it already appeared). I agree with below, this conference will not survive in its current state. The talk is too loud and too consistent to be ignored.
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3y
"number of sports sponsored and ACC champs" component in that.
I could easily see UNC negotiating more $$$ for CU and FSU football success if they get more for the number of sports and olympic sport success.
Would be just like real life - the elite and the subsidized classes are taken care of and the average Joe gets screwed.
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daveinop
3y
that was one aspect of the Big 12 model that worked
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3y
or why the Metro started to falter. Some schools wanted more of the pie and to make sure others had less....
This type of statement reminds me of louiseville from that era.
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3y
Base it on past history, and the ACC's days are numbered.
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2hhoop3
3y
but, that is really no different than already being dead like the Big 12 and PAC 12.
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3y
conference is doomed, it's doomed no matter how you divide the $.
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The unequal revenue sharing argument is just a big Catch 22.
If everyone is doing well, no one is complaining about it.
If people are complaining about it, the conference has bigger problems.
Also, everyone is talking about the genius and goodness of the B1G (mostly themselves), but rumor out there is that they are thinking about bringing in UW and UO at a discount (after destroying the Pac by taking USC). If, true, so much for equity.
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3y
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