Realignment Question

[Turbine]

UL athletic budget is what 40 mil a year? What are the budgets in the AAC. I think we fall well short of the average.

Don't forget the ACC members each get $40 million from their TV deal alone.

Louisiana gets $2.5 million from the SBC in compensation for giving up 6 games a year.

[HoustonCajun]

Don't forget the ACC members each get $40 million from their TV deal alone.

Louisiana gets $2.5 million from the SBC in compensation for giving up 6 games a year.

What do AAC members get, $7-8M?

[Turbine]

What do AAC members get, $7-8M?

$1.1 million per conference game.

SBC doles out $416 thousand per conference game.

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[CajunNation]

UL athletic budget is what 40 mil a year? What are the budgets in the AAC. I think we fall well short of the average.

Athletic budgets in millions:https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search


64 - Memphis (AAC)
52 - Rice (AAC)
50 - North Texas (AAC)
47 - Tulsa (AAC)
45 - UTSA (AAC)
43 - Texas State (SBC)
43 - Tulane (AAC)
43 - UAB (AAC)
39 - Louisiana (SBC)
34 - Wichita State (AAC)


29 - Troy (SBC)
28 - South Alabama (SBC)
28 - Louisiana Tech (CUSA)
28 - Southern Miss (SBC)
24 - Arkansas State (SBC)
22 - Sam Houston State (CUSA)
22 - Jacksonville State (CUSA)
19 - ULM (SBC)



One of these groups of schools will be our forever home. Where do you want to be?

[BeauCajun]

Athletic budgets in millions:https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search


64 - Memphis (AAC)
52 - Rice (AAC)
50 - North Texas (AAC)
47 - Tulsa (AAC)
45 - UTSA (AAC)
43 - Texas State (SBC)
43 - Tulane (AAC)
43 - UAB (AAC)
39 - Louisiana (SBC)
34 - Wichita State (AAC)


29 - Troy (SBC)
28 - South Alabama (SBC)
28 - Louisiana Tech (CUSA)
28 - Southern Miss (SBC)
24 - Arkansas State (SBC)
22 - Sam Houston State (CUSA)
22 - Jacksonville State (CUSA)
19 - ULM (SBC)



One of these groups of schools will be our forever home. Where do you want to be?

So if we get an extra $5M in TV revenue we sit in the middle of AAC. NOT COUNTING INCREASED TICKET SALES.

[CajunNation]

So if we get an extra $5M in TV revenue we sit in the middle of AAC. NOT COUNTING INCREASED TICKET SALES.

Correct. However, I don't think that there will be that much difference between the 2 contracts in the future, but the point is that our regional, athletic and academic peers are in the AAC group.

[CajunVic]

Correct. . . . but the point is that our regional, athletic and academic peers are in the AAC group.

somebody snapped their fingers and this happened . . .

[CajunT]

So if we get an extra $5M in TV revenue we sit in the middle of AAC. NOT COUNTING INCREASED TICKET SALES.

The problem is we will not get an extra $5M in TV revenue because all of the most recent new members are not getting the same amount of Legacy members. It's less money than $7M. This is where Turbine and others are wrong.

[CajunNation]

The problem is we will not get an extra $5M in TV revenue because all of the most recent new members are not getting the same amount of Legacy members. It's less money than $7M. This is where Turbine and others are wrong.

The money would be better, but not that much. However, the current TV contracts are not, at all, why I think we should pursue this if there is an opening.

Go back and look at the 2 groups of schools I listed. That is all it's about for me. It's obvious as to where we belong for the long term health and growth of our ENTIRE university.

[Turbine]

The problem is we will not get an extra $5M in TV revenue because all of the most recent new members are not getting the same amount of Legacy members. It's less money than $7M. This is where Turbine and others are wrong.

I'm not wrong about what the SBC is paying, and I didn't make a claim on what Louisiana would get, just what current members are getting.

But I can see how my statement implied that.

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Please make it stop. We don’t need another fbs team in Louisiana. 5 is plenty, maybe too many.

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

McNeese would pair well with LaTech in Cusa…will be fun to watch those two.

[CajunT]

The money would be better, but not that much. However, the current TV contracts are not, at all, why I think we should pursue this if there is an opening.

Go back and look at the 2 groups of schools I listed. That is all it's about for me. It's obvious as to where we belong for the long term health and growth of our ENTIRE university.

Yes, and all those schools have student fees. Our fanbase isn't willing to pay more money into athletics, the message has been consistent on this site. Also, you even admitted that the difference between the two conferences media deals will be not much different in the near future. I agree with that, especially after the PAC 12 is officially a G5 conference. Unless the money changes for new members and the AAC actually reaches out to UL, there is no need to leave the SBC. Maggard is pretty much still talking with many of these programs about the next movement below the P5.