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Message: [QUOTE="Chris02M, post: 1204108, member: 454"] best I could find: In 2012, ESPN reportedly paid about $7.3 billion over 12 years for broadcasting rights to all seven games, an average of about $608 million per year. That includes $215 million per year which was already committed to the Rose, Sugar and Orange bowls,[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-sbd-14'][U][14][/U][/URL] plus $470–475 million annually for the rest of the playoff package.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenue-cbs-63'][U][61][/U][/URL] By comparison, the most recent contract with the BCS had paid almost $2 billion over four years — $495 million per year for five games.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-sbd-14'][U][14][/U][/URL] The average revenue to the new playoff system over 12 years will be about $500 million per year. After $125–150 million in expenses, the Power Five conferences will split about 75 percent of the remaining money, for an approximate average payout of $250 million a year ($50 million per league) over the life of the contract. The mid-major "Group of Five" conferences will get around 25 percent, about $90 million a year ($18 million per league). Notre Dame will receive around one percent, about $3.5-4 million, and other FBS independents get about 0.5 percent of the deal.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenueusat-64'][U][62][/U][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenueespn-65'][U][63][/U][/URL] Extra revenue will go to conferences in contracts with the Rose, Sugar, and Orange bowls, which split revenue 50/50 between their participating leagues.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenueusat-64'][U][62][/U][/URL] In non-semifinal years, the Rose Bowl's TV revenue would be divided between the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences; likewise, the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl revenue to its participant conferences. When those bowls are semifinal games, the money will be distributed by the playoff system to all FBS conferences.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-sbd-14'][U][14][/U][/URL] ESPN has paid about $80 million a year each for the Rose and Sugar bowls over 12 years. The Orange Bowl deal is worth $55 million per year.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-66'][U][64][/U][/URL] For example, in a non-semifinal year, the Big Ten could receive about $90 million (half of its $80 million Rose Bowl deal plus about $50 million from the playoff system).[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenueusat-64'][U][62][/U][/URL] Conferences will receive an additional $6 million each year for each team it places in the semifinals and $4 million for a team in one of the three at-large bowls; Notre Dame receives the same amount in either scenario. No additional money will be awarded for reaching the championship game.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#cite_note-revenueusat-64'][U][62][/U][/URL] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#Revenue[/url] [/QUOTE]

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