(12-30-2017 12:32 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  Part 2: Wall Street Journal Football Valuation https://graphics.wsj.com/table/COUNT_09212017

As for Liberty, here are some benchmarks:

Being top 100 puts you on par with New Mexico at $15,380,000.
Being top 80 puts you on par with North Texas at $29,266,000.
Being at the lowest P5 school puts you on par with Wake Forest at $52,940,000 at 70th overall.
Being at the highest G5 school puts you on par with BYU at $98,924,000 at 60th overall.

To reach P5 candidacy, LU likely has to be around top 30 which places them at $277,203,000 (Kansas State). That would put them above over half the P5. That wouldn't be good enough for the SEC or Big Ten but should be good enough to the ACC and PAC 12 (but unlikely invited for other reasons: UVA and VT for the ACC and geography and conservative values for the PAC 12) and is borderline to the Big 12. If LU were to skyrocket up to Big 12 material, we'd be a great travel partner for West Virginia who is low on the list at 66 and the worst Big 12 school which is unlike their attendance figure.

Good benchmarks. Again, thanks for the info.

I've been thinking about what is needed to develop LU into a P5 like school (regardless of if they are in a P5 conference or not).
1 - need a P5 coaching staff
2 - need a P5 stadium
3 - need a P5 facility operation
4 - need a P5 schedules (7-8 P5 games a year IMO)

The coaching staff definitely needs to be upgraded. That will hopefully be only 1 or 2 more seasons before a change is made. The stadium is being upgraded to 25K with the expectation of more growth in the near future. The facilities are in very good shape from what I understand. The schedule is solid but needs more P5 games +10 years or more out.