(03-08-2018 05:09 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 03:42 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 03:21 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 01:03 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Gonzaga sounding pretty much like a done deal. They seem to have moved on to the question of "What will BYU do?" Thats a huge home run for the MW if they can get BYU back for all sports---and its a solid double or triple if they just land Zags and BYU for olympic's. Unless they are stupid, I dont see how the MW gets less than a solid double or triple out o this move. Pretty shrewd move by Thompson.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor...story.html

The article is interesting, but for Gonzaga to leave the WCC they need to get a financial deal from the Mountain West that is as good as what they currently earn in the WCC. Below is the money earned by each team last season in the NCAA Tournament:

https://herosports.com/ncaa-tournament/h...-fund-a7a7

Gonzaga and St. Mary's earned almost $12 million for the WCC last season. Nevada earned $1.7 million for the MWC. When Gonzaga leaves, all the money they earned stays with the WCC. So how does Gonzaga make up for the loss in basketball revenue?

If the MWC cuts Gonzaga a sweetheart deal to join the conference, the same deal would not be available for BYU. If Gonzaga were to leave the WCC, there really is no reason for BYU to leave the WCC right away. The financial units or revenue that Gonzaga earned through their basketball success will still be there for the next few years. That revenue and having a much better shot at the WCC auto bid should keep BYU in the WCC for the next 3-4 years if Gonzaga leaves.

Each conference has its own revenue distribution rules but we can probably be safe assuming that Gonzaga gets no more than 12.5% of that money and no less than 8.3%. The high figure would be Gonzaga taking extra shares as a bonus, the bottom figure would represent equal sharing after the conference office deducts enough to fund the year's operations.

The revenue is spread over six years so when you start sharing with the league office, sure Gonzaga is leaving a lot of money but very little of it was ever going to land in their bank account.

Everything you said is correct. It is spread out over six years and you I think you have the money percentage right. Based on financial units collected over the past six years (at $265,000 per unit), the WCC should collect about $7.1 Million and the MWC about $5.8 million this season in revenue.

The period from 2015-2017 will get worse. The WCC collected 14 units, the MWC 6 units. For that three year period, the WCC will bring in more than $2 million more than the MWC, thanks to the success of Gonzaga.

So unless the MWC is going to give Gonzaga a generous cut of the TV revenue, then I don't see in the short term (3-4 years) how this would be financially a better deal for Gonzaga. It is the reason that I can't see BYU in the MWC, unless another team is leaving. Plus, BYU football is not leaving independence for the MWC.

how much money the wcc gets is irrelevent. how much of the ncaa credits did gonzaga get in the wcc is all that matters. my guess is they got very little. hell mwc can say you keep 50% of ncaa tourney dollars going forward and gonzaga is probably ahead $$ wise in one year.


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