Post by vbnerd on Jan 8, 2019 21:50:39 GMT -5
In revenue sport #1, Football's AP top 25 lists only 2 teams from the Pac 12 (Washington and Washington State)
In revenue sport #2, the latest bracketology on ESPN has only 2 teams from the pac 12 (Arizona and Arizona State), and UCLA just fired their coach mid-season.
And much like volleyball, the Pac 12 is not exactly beating the fans off with a stick for the revenue sports either. The Pac 12 ranks 6th in basketball attendance, behind even the Big East which has 5 schools with less than 10k students, and only 2 schools with larger enrollment than Stanford, the Pac 12's smallest.
When ranked by revenue, the Pac 12 includes just 2 of the top 28 revenue producing athletic departments.
Last week it was reported that the Pac 12 is looking for a $500 million investment in exchange for 10% of the conference (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pac-12-wants-500m-investment-060000739.html)
Factor in Cal Athletics being in perpetual debt because of their stadium deal, Oregon State operating in the red, (reportedly most schools operate in the black by $1 million or two) and clearly there is a need for more revenue. Even the Pac 12 schools that are in the black, are having to skimp on things like coaching salary.
4 Pac 12 Head Football coaches make less than Clemson's defensive coordinator.
With 65 "Power 5" colleges, last season Colorado, Washington State and Cal were ranked 61, 62 and 65 in compensation for their head basketball coaches.
And I share all this to get to this point... The Pac 12 is outstanding in non-revenue sports, but how much longer can they keep it up? And what does this mean for Pac 12 volleyball? The Pac 12 programs do not seem to enjoy the numbers of loyal fans you see at other programs (Hawaii, the Big 10), so if the Pac 12 started rolling back budgets, who would protest?
The Big 10 is spending money to catch and surpass the Pac 12, but could coaches be "wooed" from the Pac 12? Jason Watson left Arizona State for Arkansas. Texas A&M went after Keegan Cook. When Oregon traded Moore for Ulmer, and when USC let Haley go, how much did cost/salary play into that decision? Now UCLA let their volleyball assistants go and supposedly was only paying $75k, in LA. It takes money to compete in college athletics. Is the Pac 12 willing to keep up? Are they even able to? And if so, for how much longer?
What does the future of the Pac 12 look like as a volleyball power?
In revenue sport #2, the latest bracketology on ESPN has only 2 teams from the pac 12 (Arizona and Arizona State), and UCLA just fired their coach mid-season.
And much like volleyball, the Pac 12 is not exactly beating the fans off with a stick for the revenue sports either. The Pac 12 ranks 6th in basketball attendance, behind even the Big East which has 5 schools with less than 10k students, and only 2 schools with larger enrollment than Stanford, the Pac 12's smallest.
When ranked by revenue, the Pac 12 includes just 2 of the top 28 revenue producing athletic departments.
Last week it was reported that the Pac 12 is looking for a $500 million investment in exchange for 10% of the conference (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pac-12-wants-500m-investment-060000739.html)
Factor in Cal Athletics being in perpetual debt because of their stadium deal, Oregon State operating in the red, (reportedly most schools operate in the black by $1 million or two) and clearly there is a need for more revenue. Even the Pac 12 schools that are in the black, are having to skimp on things like coaching salary.
4 Pac 12 Head Football coaches make less than Clemson's defensive coordinator.
With 65 "Power 5" colleges, last season Colorado, Washington State and Cal were ranked 61, 62 and 65 in compensation for their head basketball coaches.
And I share all this to get to this point... The Pac 12 is outstanding in non-revenue sports, but how much longer can they keep it up? And what does this mean for Pac 12 volleyball? The Pac 12 programs do not seem to enjoy the numbers of loyal fans you see at other programs (Hawaii, the Big 10), so if the Pac 12 started rolling back budgets, who would protest?
The Big 10 is spending money to catch and surpass the Pac 12, but could coaches be "wooed" from the Pac 12? Jason Watson left Arizona State for Arkansas. Texas A&M went after Keegan Cook. When Oregon traded Moore for Ulmer, and when USC let Haley go, how much did cost/salary play into that decision? Now UCLA let their volleyball assistants go and supposedly was only paying $75k, in LA. It takes money to compete in college athletics. Is the Pac 12 willing to keep up? Are they even able to? And if so, for how much longer?
What does the future of the Pac 12 look like as a volleyball power?