Is USM a done deal?

[CajunT]

That was Karl Benson who said that. Not Wright Waters.

Correct

[Peek a boo]

sunbelt will be best G5 League, adding Marshall in Football and I think USM will rebuild. Adding USM in baseball is a big addition also.

[CRAWFISH61]

Even if he was the worst commissioner ever, I don’t think that changes the analytics and data he spoke about.

Last year the SBC received an $18,484,520 payout from the CFP committee. That’s $1,848,452 per school.

C-USA received $16,932,474, which comes out to $1,209,462 per school.

Our payout is higher than C-USA schools because we have fewer schools to distribute to, and we earn more for performing better than C-USA — which is apparently much easier to accomplish as a 10 school conference.

So I think it is a legitimate question to ask if adding USM and Marshall is going to be worth losing out on a share of this CFP revenue, and perhaps even Media revenue. As a fan, I want them in my conference yesterday. As an AD who has to balance the books every year, I think the choice might be tougher than we realize.

But don’t we split this between 12 teams already including the non-football schools.

[CajunRebel]

But don’t we split this between 12 teams already including the non-football schools.

I don’t believe they get any of the football money. Or if they do it is very little. I’d also imagine they get less of the TV revenue as well.

[CajunRebel]

And of course, all those numbers don’t take into account the agony and despair of La Tech watching their wannabe BFFs USM and Marshall leave them. That has to be worth at least a few hundred k.

[Grantvb]

Speaking of USM aside of football, we've had dog fights in baseball/softball and volleyball in recent history. This v-ball season we went to 5 sets. I know v-ball doesn't drive the bus, but this could be our v-ball rival (i.e. - stAte - Football, USA - baseball/softball, GaSt - MBB).

[RaginDave]

Southern Miss would automatically come in and be a really good rival in all sports. Granted our football paths have separated for some time now, but we had some great battles in the 80's and 90's with them.

[CajunFan3406]

Even if he was the worst commissioner ever, I don’t think that changes the analytics and data he spoke about.

Last year the SBC received an $18,484,520 payout from the CFP committee. That’s $1,848,452 per school.

C-USA received $16,932,474, which comes out to $1,209,462 per school.

Our payout is higher than C-USA schools because we have fewer schools to distribute to, and we earn more for performing better than C-USA — which is apparently much easier to accomplish as a 10 school conference.

So I think it is a legitimate question to ask if adding USM and Marshall is going to be worth losing out on a share of this CFP revenue, and perhaps even Media revenue. As a fan, I want them in my conference yesterday. As an AD who has to balance the books every year, I think the choice might be tougher than we realize.

You raise good points, but the CFP money is not static. It changes year to year based on the SBC's ranking amongst the G5. So while there is some validity to not adding more teams and reducing each teams individual payout, if you add teams that potentially increase your CFP payout by improving your overall ranking amongst the G5, then those teams are worth it.

[ManAboutTown]

You raise good points, but the CFP money is not static. It changes year to year based on the SBC's ranking amongst the G5. So while there is some validity to not adding more teams and reducing each teams individual payout, if you add teams that potentially increase your CFP payout by improving your overall ranking amongst the G5, then those teams are worth it.

And will change again after the expansion of the playoff

[CajunRebel]

You raise good points, but the CFP money is not static. It changes year to year based on the SBC's ranking amongst the G5. So while there is some validity to not adding more teams and reducing each teams individual payout, if you add teams that potentially increase your CFP payout by improving your overall ranking amongst the G5, then those teams are worth it.

Right, but if you go back to that quote I posted, being at 10 teams was one of the keys to us getting that higher ranking. I don’t pretend to understand why it works out better with 10, but apparently it does.