AAC Sets Minimum Revenue Share of $10 Million

[MCMLXXX]

While he declined to reveal the presidential vote on Friday, he said the program received “overwhelming support.”

American Athletic Conference becomes first league to set 'minimum standard' revenue share of $10 million - Yahoo Sports

Edited March 7 by MCMLXXX

[Matt from A700]

Get Rice, Tulsa, and Charlotta outta here!

[Tommy Gadberry]

I think this is good news for us and the other programs that support.  I just wonder who are the ULM type programs of the AAC?  ECU perhaps?

[Mean Green 93-98]

4 minutes ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

I think this is good news for us and the other programs that support.  I just wonder who are the ULM type programs of the AAC?  ECU perhaps?

ECU, that packs in 40k plus at their better attended games?

[keith]

"Over the last decade, the league claimed key football victories over power conference programs, a successful run that saw some of the top-resources institutions get promoted to the Big 12 and ACC."

Edited March 8 by keith

[UNTFan23]

4 hours ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

I think this is good news for us and the other programs that support.  I just wonder who are the ULM type programs of the AAC?  ECU perhaps?

Tulsa would be my guess. 

[NT80]

25 minutes ago, UNTFan23 said:

Tulsa would be my guess. 

And Rice.  Rice as a University has huge resources and endowments, but for sports they are pitiful. 

[wardly]

39 minutes ago, NT80 said:

And Rice.  Rice as a University has huge resources and endowments, but for sports they are pitiful. 

I though Rice was going to open up it's purse strings somewhat for athletics. Also Tulsa has a small fan base but they have money. Charlotte may have a problem but its $10 million over 3 years as I understand it so maybe not. I do think its positive that the AAC set a benchmark for its members.

[Cougar King]

4 hours ago, NT80 said:

And Rice.  Rice as a University has huge resources and endowments, but for sports they are pitiful. 

 

Rice has some sort of school clause that they cannot use their endowment on sports. 

[NT80]

4 hours ago, Cougar King said:

 

Rice has some sort of school clause that they cannot use their endowment on sports. 

Then they need to talk to $mut officials about how to do it off the books.....

[DentonStang]

14 hours ago, NT80 said:

Then they need to talk to $mut officials about how to do it off the books.....

We don't use our endowment for sports either

[NT80]

8 hours ago, DentonStang said:

We don't use our endowment for sports either

[NT80]

ESPN article about the minimum revenue sharing...

"The AAC plan, first reported by Yahoo Sports, would allow each school to set its own pace to hit the $10 million total by 2027-28. For example, a school could share $2 million the first year, $3 million the second and $5 million the third.

The AAC considers new scholarships, payments for academic-related expenses and direct payments as added benefits. Each school, with some limits, generally can apportion those as it sees fit.

"We wanted to provide flexibility for everyone to get to the number however it makes the most sense to them," Pernetti said. "What I expect is it'll be a variety of different approaches. I'm pretty certain many of the institutions are going to exceed [$10 million] in Year 1."

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44226335/aac-sets-minimum-schools-share-revenue-athletes

[R2BEATCHU]

Maybe The NCAA will go back to enforcing 15K FBS attendance requirements so schools like Charlotte and Temple can walk.  

[MeanGreenTexan]

12 minutes ago, R2BEATCHU said:

Maybe The NCAA will go back to enforcing 15K FBS attendance requirements so schools like Charlotte and Temple can walk.  

Honestly, I don't know that the NCAA can enforce anything anymore.   If anyone challenges them in court, the NCAA loses just about every time.   It's kinda like a gentleman's agreement of guidelines now.