Why the Rev-Share Era Hasn’t Been a Boon for Basketball-only Schools

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Important piece in Front Office Sports about basketball-onlies.

MSN

Administrators who spoke with Front Office Sports pointed to two dynamics that have allowed the power conferences to continue to dominate, even though they’ve shared most of their revenue-sharing money with football. The reason: The settlement hasn’t actually implemented the salary cap it was billed to.

“It remains to be seen how much of a quote advantage a league like ours is going to have,” Big East commissioner Val Ackerman told FOS this week. “Because as long as these third-party payments can continue, and as long as they can be cleared by the College Sports Commission … whatever advantage people think we have is maybe not as strong of one as they might think.”

The barrier to entry among power conference and Big East programs to be successful this year is about $8 million to $10 million, two industry sources told FOS.

This past year, St. John’s offered a combination of NIL and revenue-sharing dollars at about $10 million for its men’s basketball program, athletic director Ed Kull confirmed to FOS. Villanova, another Big East program expected to make the tournament this year, was in the same $8 million to $10 million range, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to FOS.

But the power conferences were right there with them. Rumors swirled that some programs, like Kentucky, have gone much further, with rosters in the $18 million to $20 million range. One of these two sources said that none of the power conference or Big East programs that spent between only $3 million and $5 million on rosters have been successful this season, as far as they knew.

Front Office Sports is one of the 2 most-reputable sites that cover the business of sports (#1 being the Sports Business Journal). I believe they're sourcing a helluva lot more than randos on Twitter who project NIL and payer comp spend.

Seems like SU was right on the cusp of the $8-10 million total comp "barrier to entry" this season. The piece goes on to say next season's barrier to entry is likely $10-12 million. For SU that'd mean, roughly, $4 million from direct compensation and $6 million from NIL.

Importantly, the "richest" basketball-onlies, such as St. John's and Nova, are in that range. There's constant talk here about the advantage that basketball-onlies have over SU, but this piece suggests that simply isn't true.

Maybe we put that excuse to rest?

 

[Scooch]

I can already tell this is a piece that no one will read and we'll be stuck hearing "St. John's spenz $20 million a yearz!!1!!" excuses for he next 6 months.

 

[Cuseball]

Important piece in Front Office Sports about basketball-onlies.

MSN

Front Office Sports is one of the 2 most-reputable sites that cover the business of sports (#1 being the Sports Business Journal). I believe they're sourcing a helluva lot more than randos on Twitter who project NIL and payer comp spend.

Seems like SU was right on the cusp of the $8-10 million total comp "barrier to entry" this season. The piece goes on to say next season's barrier to entry is likely $10-12 million. For SU that'd mean, roughly, $4 million from direct compensation and $6 million from NIL.

Importantly, the "richest" basketball-onlies, such as St. John's and Nova, are in that range. There's constant talk here about the advantage that basketball-onlies have over SU, but this piece suggests that simply isn't true.

Maybe we put that excuse to rest?

Really good article. No reason we can’t consistently compete in that range. Get a good, energetic coach and funding will follow