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NCAA cutting school distributions by > 60%

El-Jefe

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Fallout from the winter sports cancellations, particularly the basketball tournament. Note, this does not include losses incurred directly by the conferences when their hoops tourneys were canceled.

I hope this doesn't put any programs (in any sports) in jeopardy.

NCAA slashes distribution to Division I schools by $375M
https://www.espn.com/college-sports...aa-slashes-distribution-division-schools-375m

The NCAA board of governors voted unanimously on Thursday to distribute $225 million to Division I schools in June -- less than half of what it had previously budgeted -- following the cancellation of its basketball tournaments and other winter and spring championships ...

The NCAA had planned to distribute about $600 million, with the first distribution scheduled for April.

The NCAA generates most of its revenue from TV and marketing rights from the men's basketball tournament, along with ticket sales from national championship events.

The NCAA said $50 million will come from its reserves and that it also has a $270 million event cancellation insurance policy, which will be used to pay off a line of credit to cover the remaining distribution within 12 months.

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According to the NCAA, Division II members will receive 4.37% of actual revenues, currently projected to be about $13.9 million, which is $30 million less than last year. Division III will receive 3.18% of actual revenues, about $10.7 million, which is about $22 million less than last year.
 
Not that is anybody's fault, but I wonder how much NCAA bigwigs get paid in bonuses and how much they aren't getting?
 
Not that is anybody's fault, but I wonder how much NCAA bigwigs get paid in bonuses and how much they aren't getting?

Not that it is anybody’s fault, but I wonder how much college coaches get paid in bonuses and how much they aren’t getting?
 
doesn't "it also has a $270 million event cancellation insurance policy, which will be used to pay off a line of credit to cover the remaining distribution within 12 months." imply that the rest of the disbursement will occur over the course of a year? so schools will end up with about $500M? still a significant dip from $600M, but much less of a drop than 60%
 
doesn't "it also has a $270 million event cancellation insurance policy, which will be used to pay off a line of credit to cover the remaining distribution within 12 months." imply that the rest of the disbursement will occur over the course of a year? so schools will end up with about $500M? still a significant dip from $600M, but much less of a drop than 60%
I would be very wary of assuming that will happen, at least quickly.

As we've seen elsewhere, there is considerable disagreement about those policies covering/not covering this as a cause.

Plus there have been many very expensive cancellations (NBA, NHL, MLB, airlines, etc.). Insurance companies may need to space out payments in order to remain solvent themselves.
 
No easy answers. Lots of financial suffering, including colleges/universities ... and not just from an athletic standpoint. While schools have taken it on the chin, what happens leading up to Fall sports could be more damaging.

I'm an optimist, and those most affected (individuals, businesses, universities, and more) my hope is, will rebound. On the very specific topic of college football, I wonder how schools recover if the season is impacted.
 
Not that is anybody's fault, but I wonder how much NCAA bigwigs get paid in bonuses and how much they aren't getting?
correct... aside from Trump, how many of our politicians are taking cuts? Most get pretty wealthy while holding office... public servants, uhuh
 
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