Possible Big 10 Expansion Sooner Than Expected?

[champion110]

1) Slightly more money
2) Better academic fit
3) Easier competition

I'm not too sure about the first one, but if I were a Vandy fan I'd be all for going to the Big Ten. I just don't think the Big Ten would be very interested in them, since academics don't bring in big bucks.

I would think there would be more money in the SEC.

I agree that I don't think the B10 would be that interested in them.

[Blue Dawg]

Vandy actually does NOT have the lowest athletics budget in the SEC, which is what I would have suspected. I think they are the 2nd or 3rd lowest....I also seem to remember M State was below them.

[Dawg06]

Vandy actually does NOT have the lowest athletics budget in the SEC, which is what I would have suspected. I think they are the 2nd or 3rd lowest....I also seem to remember M State was below them.

*These numbers are a year old.

07-08 SEC Athletics Budgets
$123,769,841 - Alabama
$106,607,895 - Florida
$101,806,196 - Tennessee
$89,311,824 - Auburn
$85,554,395 - Georgia
$85,018,205 - LSU
$71,727,243 - Kentucky
$66,545,953 - South Carolina
$66,174,916 - Arkansas
$45,521,855 - Vanderbilt
$34,769,709 - Ole Miss
$30,440,090 - Mississippi State

07-08 Big Ten Athletics Budgets
$115,737,022 - Ohio State
$99,027,105 - Michigan
$95,118,124 - Wisconsin
$91,570,233 - Penn State
$81,515,865 - Iowa
$81,390,686 - Michigan State
$68,951,692 - Minnesota
$67,818,403 - Illinois
$64,253,784 - Purdue
$57,155,333 - Indiana
$41,835,733 - Northwestern

07-08 Big XII Athletics Budgets
$120,288,370 - Texas
$98,874,092 - Oklahoma State
$92,476,146 - Texas A&M
$82,976,047 - Kansas
$77,098,008 - Oklahoma
$75,492,884 - Nebraska
$55,566,932 - Missouri
$52,631,896 - Colorado
$52,599,785 - Texas Tech
$49,113,706 - Kansas State
$44,151,763 - Baylor
$38,621,346 - Iowa State

07-08 Big East Athletics Budgets
$83,352,439 - Notre Dame (non-football)
$56,540,896 - Louisville
$55,218,003 - Connecticut
$54,262,716 - West Virginia
$52,012,491 - Rutgers
$44,702,831 - Syracuse
$39,741,621 - Pittsburgh
$34,935,813 - South Florida
$32,281,546 - Cincinnati

07-08 ACC Athletics Budgets
$73,458,494 - Florida State
$67,820,335 - Duke
$66,148,186 - North Carolina
$64,412,343 - Virginia Tech
$64,396,612 - Virginia
$61,203,340 - Boston College
$59,624,100 - Maryland
$59,180,652 - Clemson
$54,511,968 - Georgia Tech
$46,849,990 - Miami
$45,632,223 - North Carolina State
$39,961,624 - Wake Forest

07-08 Pac-10 Athletics Budgets
$76,661,466 - Stanford
$76,409,919 - USC
$66,088,264 - UCLA
$64,326,057 - California
$60,729,016 - Washington
$56,623,901 - Oregon
$54,833,194 - Arizona State
$52,875,339 - Oregon State
$49,241,506 - Arizona
$39,621,060 - Washington State

[oledawg66]

I would think there would be more money in the SEC.

According to the lsutimes, the Big Ten gives each member school about $22 million which is double the payout for each school in the SEC.

[Dawg06]

According to the lsutimes, the Big Ten gives each member school about $22 million which is double the payout for each school in the SEC.

Big Ten Conference Revenue 07-08
$23,662,435 - Indiana
$22,753,996 - Purdue
$22,653,081 - Iowa
$21,743,701 - Illinois
$20,845,136 - Michigan State
$20,732,405 - Michigan
$20,152,945 - Wisconsin
$18,871,037 - Minnesota
$9,463,082 - Ohio State
N/A - Northwestern
N/A - Penn State

SEC Conference Revenue 07-08
$14,178,616 - LSU
$13,138,751 - Florida
$12,995,297 - Kentucky
$12,925,282 - Arkansas
$12,811,908 - Georgia
$12,246,757 - Auburn
$11,566,425 - South Carolina
$11,155,952 - Mississippi State
$10,864,745 - Ole Miss
$10,864,150 - Tennessee
$7,229,425 - Alabama
N/A - Vanderbilt

[oledawg66]

Big Ten Conference Revenue 07-08
$23,662,435 - Indiana
$22,753,996 - Purdue
$22,653,081 - Iowa
$21,743,701 - Illinois
$20,845,136 - Michigan State
$20,732,405 - Michigan
$20,152,945 - Wisconsin
$18,871,037 - Minnesota
$9,463,082 - Ohio State
N/A - Northwestern
N/A - Penn State

SEC Conference Revenue 07-08
$14,178,616 - LSU
$13,138,751 - Florida
$12,995,297 - Kentucky
$12,925,282 - Arkansas
$12,811,908 - Georgia
$12,246,757 - Auburn
$11,566,425 - South Carolina
$11,155,952 - Mississippi State
$10,864,745 - Ole Miss
$10,864,150 - Tennessee
$7,229,425 - Alabama

Much better than the lswhotimes! Where does Vandy fit??

[Dawg06]

Much better than the lswhotimes! Where does Vandy fit??

I don't know. The private schools don't have to report it.

[Beaz17]

07-08 Big East Athletics Budgets
$32,281,546 - Cincinnati

Cincy sure gets some bang for their buck!

[hookdown]

Cincy sure gets some bang for their buck!

My thoughts exactly! The do more with less too.

[FishingBack]

That list of conference distributions doesn't include NCAA dists I think. So a higher level of competition in football and basketball would be a consideration. I think the big 10 does ok in that department.

[Dawg06]

That list of conference distributions doesn't include NCAA dists I think. So a higher level of competition in football and basketball would be a consideration. I think the big 10 does ok in that department.

Yes it does... It's conference and NCAA revenue..

[hookdown]

Article on the WAC 16 experiment and what it might mean for the Big 11/16:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...html?eref=sihp

[champion110]

Article on the WAC 16 experiment and what it might mean for the Big 11/16:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...html?eref=sihp

Finally Benson says something smart:

As the ratings came in during the first year of the 16-team league, it became obvious that just because TCU was in the conference didn't mean people in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex would tune in en masse. Ditto for Rice and the Houston market and San Jose State and the Bay Area market.
"Just because you have Houston in your market doesn't mean you can deliver Houston," Benson said. "One of the other keys to a large number of schools is how much they can deliver your population. ... We advertised that we had the Houston market, the Dallas market and the San Francisco market, and yet there was such minimum penetration."

That is where CUSA was misguided, as well - even after the WAC break up. They have gone after programs with large market areas, but that doesn't mean those programs can deliver those markets. Let's hope they learned their lesson on that.

[Dwayne From Minden]

yet there was such minimum penetration

TWSS

[champion110]

TWSS

Oh, so many comments I can make about Benson with that..........