Are you aware of the annual payout differences in the ACC and Big East?
The ACC paid its schools $44.8 million in 2023. The Big East
was just $6.3 mil in 2023.
Now, what do you think is the biggest difference between the ACC and the Big East? It starts with foot and ends with ball.
So, while you decry the quest for football dollars and the $20.5 mil each ACC team will spend on player salaries (my bet is that a bit less than $15 mil of that goes to the football team), I would love to know how you plan to make up the almost $40 million difference in payout when we leave a football playing power conference for one that focuses on basketball.