At colleges, football money talks loudest

[freeagent]

It's always about the money:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/coll ... 05824.html

From the article:

Big XII Schools 2008 Television Revenues in Million $

Texas 87.6
Nebraska 55.2
Oklahoma 42.6
Texas A&M 38.4
Colorado 27.8
Oklahoma State 26.5
Missouri 24.1
Texas Tech 23.6
Kansas State 21.4
Iowa State 21.3
Kansas 17.7
Baylor 11.9

National Leaders

Texas 87.6
Ohio State 68.2
Florida 66.2
Georgia 65.2
Alabama 64.6
LSU 61.9
Penn State 61.8
Auburn 58.6
South Carolina 57.1
Notre Dame 56.9
Nebraska 55.2
Michigan 52.3
Michigan State 43.5
Tennessee 42.8
Oklahoma 42.6

Other Texas Schools
TCU 16.6
Rice 12.7
SMU 11.1
UTEP 10.2
North Texas 4.4
Houston 4

 

[Old Bearkat]

Wow!! No wonder everyone either wants UT in their conference or wants to run away from them.........

 

[coachpeters]

Hook Em Horns...

 

[The Motley Fool]

That's why I don't root for BcS schools anymore, they always find a way to put the screws to the smaller schools like TCU and Boise State, the whole system is corrupt!!

 

[freeagent]

Hook Em Horns...

Maybe we should change it to "Cash 'Em Horns."

 

[Blue Bird]

I'm a little surprised not to see a PAC 10 school on that list. USC for one.

 

[freeagent]

I'm a little surprised not to see a PAC 10 school on that list. USC for one.

Somebody once told me (and so take this with a grain of salt...) that West Coast teams tend to have lower payouts for television because some of their games (primarily night games) are so late they don't draw as much audience. Day games tend to run into prime time.

East and Central time zone schools tend to play during peak viewing broadcast hours.

May be a bit different with cable specific sports channels and regional networks.

 

[SavannahSixManFan]

I think the Rochelle Football Boosters made $450 last year in the concession stand not counting the playoffs...

 

[freeagent]

I think the Rochelle Football Boosters made $450 last year in the concession stand not counting the playoffs...

Somewhere around here, I got a cartoon from the 1982 NFL football strike. There used to be a cartoon named
Tank McNamara, about a washed-up jock turned sportscaster.

To set the stage, back in those old days (pre cable, etc.), NCAA controlled the football TV market. Restricted the number of games, but they also forced the networks to pick up a few D2 and D3 games. Since there was no football on TV, the networks carrying college FB tried to move some games to Sunday, and they thought they'd go ahead and get in those pesky D2 and D3 games.

Panel 1: The Athletic Office at "The University of Wisconsin - Whey." One guy on the phone says to the other "CBS wants to broadcast our game with Wisconsin - Curds this weekend."

Panel 2: The other guy says to the guy on the phone, "Ask him how much they'll pay for the broadcast rights?"

Panel 3: The guy on the phone relates the answer, "One million dollars."

Panel 4: As the second guy is passed out on the floor, the guy on the phone says, "Accounting says that's what they pay for Division I games and it's not cost effective to reprogram the computer."

 

[Old Bearkat]

I think the Rochelle Football Boosters made $450 last year in the concession stand not counting the playoffs...

Somewhere around here, I got a cartoon from the 1982 NFL football strike. There used to be a cartoon named
Tank McNamara, about a washed-up jock turned sportscaster.

To set the stage, back in those old days (pre cable, etc.), NCAA controlled the football TV market. Restricted the number of games, but they also forced the networks to pick up a few D2 and D3 games. Since there was no football on TV, the networks carrying college FB tried to move some games to Sunday, and they thought they'd go ahead and get in those pesky D2 and D3 games.

Panel 1: The Athletic Office at "The University of Wisconsin - Whey." One guy on the phone says to the other "CBS wants to broadcast our game with Wisconsin - Curds this weekend."

Panel 2: The other guy says to the guy on the phone, "Ask him how much they'll pay for the broadcast rights?"

Panel 3: The guy on the phone relates the answer, "One million dollars."

Panel 4: As the second guy is passed out on the floor, the guy on the phone says, "Accounting says that's what they pay for Division I games and it's not cost effective to reprogram the computer."

Those old Tank McNamara cartoons were great. I miss them almost as much as Calvin and Hobbes.