Report: Clemson tops $30 million from ACC revenue |
Clemson's recent run of Playoff appearances has it atop the ACC football revenue distribution list once again.
The conference has equal basic revenue sharing but accounts for bowl and Playoff expenses over the year, which bumped Clemson to a conference-leading $30.7 million in revenue for the 2017 fiscal year, per a USA TODAY report from Steve Berkowitz on Power 5 conference revenue. That is up considerably up from 2015 ($26.6 million) and 2016 ($27.9 million), with more Playoff expenses falling in FY17 (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017). USA TODAY reports that the overall ACC revenue numbers are up 12 percent from the 2016 fiscal year with a total of $418.1 million, which equals to an average of $26.6 million to each school. Notre Dame received $5.8 million out of its partial ACC schedule deal, per USA TODAY. In terms of average distributions, USA TODAY reports that the ACC is fifth out of the Power 5 behind the SEC ($42 to $39.9 million per school), Big Ten ($37.2 to $37M), Big 12 (Around $34.3M, outside of Baylor) and Pac-12 ($30.9M). The 2017 ACC numbers trend up from a 2016 fiscal year that saw an over seven percent drop in revenue, which was partly due to factors like Maryland’s Big 10 exit penalty coming off the books from 2015. ACC commissioner John Swofford made $3.3 million in the 2016 calendar year, per USA TODAY, which was up $320,000 from 2015. ACC distributions in FY17 ranged from $30.7 million for Clemson to $25.3 million for Syracuse. Conference has equal basic revenue sharing, but distributions reflect amounts schools receive to offset bowl/CFP expenses. Clemson played in 2 CFP games, won title in 2016 season Power 5 conference per-school distributions for FY17: ACC's per-school distributions to its 14 football members averaged $26.6 million in FY17, new tax return shows. Notre Dame got $5.8 million. Amounts do not include reimbursements to schools for expenses related to ACC championships. Atlantic Coast Conference had $418.1 million in total revenue for FY17, its new tax return shows. That's a 12% increase over total for FY16. ACC commissioner John Swofford credited with $3.3 million in total compensation for 2016 calendar year ($3.15 million in base salary). First time he's been over $3 million.
--SEC: $42.M to $39.9M
--Big Ten: $37.2M to $37M
--Big 12: Roughly $34.3M per school except Baylor
--Pac-12: $30.9M per school
--ACC: $30.7M to $25.3M except Notre Dame
New amount is $320,000 more than his total for 2015, including a $220,000 increase in base pay.
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