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[QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 413571, member: 895"]
Neil, you need to only go back a couple of days and read the AP Reports. There are no "projections" about it. That's straight from the reports of the arrangements finalized this past week.
 
The playoff will distribute playoff monies evenly among the five major conferences. However, each conference gets to keep its tie-in share on top of the playoff revenue. 
 
For the Rose Bowl this is $40 million each to the Big Ten and Pac-12
For the Sugar Bowl this is $40 million each to the SEC and Big 12
For the Orange Bowl, this is $30 million each to the ACC and either Big Ten/SEC or Notre Dame
 
So in years where the Big Ten places two teams in major bowls, that is $40 million additional revenue more than the ACC.  There's nothing fuzzy about that math. 
 
As far as the TV revenue, the Big Ten, even after the ACC extended their deal, is currently making $5 million more now than the ACC is expected to earn in the middle of their deal with ESPN. But what you are completely and utterly overlooking is that the Big Ten, just this year, is now being paid dividends from their 50/50 ownership stake in the BTN. The first five years of the deal they were only bringing in rights fees because all the profits were going back to NewsCorp for the initial $80 million investment. Everyone and anyone has said the Big Ten will get a huge raise in 3 years with re-upping with ESPN or going to Comcast. Do you disagree with any of this, and if so, why?
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