(02-24-2018 08:31 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  

(02-24-2018 08:02 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-24-2018 07:39 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  You need a network willing to pay for the product.

No you dont. You need a fanbase willing to pay the freight via "in stadium: generated revenue. The P5 makes the vast majority for their athletic department budget from ticket sales, concessions, parking, and donations. Thats where the G5 has to get better. The schools that build their fan support to the point where it generates sufficient revenue to support the athletics department will be fine regardless of tv. Of course, extra TV revenue would be great, but its not needed and its possible that being too concerned with keeping TV happy for minimal dollars might actually be counterproductive when it comes to growing the fan base revenue. I think the most of the G5 is actually in that category right now.

AC,
I have to disagree. The TV and CFP money is what has made the difference in wealth. Just in the ACC, the private schools don't bring in what some G5s bring in attendance. If your statement was true, ECU would be having no issues. They have one of the most loyal fan bases around.I would assume most higher G5 schools should already have this revenue stream as well. If they haven't, I doubt any conference marketing program will change that.

You disagree? With what? Again, my statement was the G5's must build their fan support to the point that the revenue generated from ticket sales, concessions, parking, and donations, is sufficient to properly fund the athletic department. I also said all G5's have to get better at that. Neither of those statements are arguable. Are there some P5's that ely in TV money? Of course, but that's because they have allowed their budgets to balloon well over a typical G5 budget.

The fact is the G5 has zero control over what TV will pay them. They have to rely on revenue streams they can control. Secondly, you act like the G5 has lost revenue somewhere. They havent. They have never had any significant revenue from TV in cmparison to the P5 since the mid-1990's.

The key for the G5 has been school subsidies. As long as the school perceives that the marketing value of being FBS is worth the subsidy cost, the subsidy will continue.