USF football's present & future: show me the money

[Bear]

I agree with your assessment of USF before and after football. Heck there wasn't even a Bullspen before we had football. As a Saint Leo Alum as well I can attest to how trans-formative a football program can be to a school. I grew up next to USF in the 1980's and can remember USF before football, and before football USF was a lot like Saint Leo now, just state funded, secular, and on a bigger and more empty campus.

Regarding P5 conferences, the only way USF is ever getting into a P5 conference is if we can somehow convince the Big12 to take us and UCF as a package. Only way that is going to ever happen is if both programs can get good, stay good, and put together some meaningful televised games as ranked top 25 teams going head to head.

The Big12 likes rivalries and rivalry games. Just my 2 cents.

This will not happen. USF and UCF will never come as a package deal. USF just needs to be a good candidate in their own right.

 

Good Florida schools stand on their own; while poor schools depend on their rival.

[Cow Pie]

 

This will not happen. USF and UCF will never come as a package deal. USF just needs to be a good candidate in their own right.

 

Good Florida schools stand on their own; while poor schools depend on their rival.

If thats the case then USF will be hanging out in the AAC for a long time while we build our prestige up to Big12 standards. The only shortcut I can see is a package deal if we can put together some heated ranked rivalry matchups.

[Bulls1181]

-45% the only conference to get hit... depressing!

[Rocky Style]

These numbers are interesting considering the recent reports that ESPN has really overpaid for content and is taking huge losses.

[MMW]

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

year	ticket sales	contributions	rights / licensing	student fees	school funds	other	total revenues
2014	$4,980,088	$3,719,221	$17,583,995	$16,450,523	$4,905,447	$744,654	$48,383,928
2013	$6,888,742	$2,442,458	$16,357,767	$16,248,285	$1,455,486	$1,673,520	$45,066,258
2012	$6,023,919	$3,053,827	$15,645,668	$15,534,732	$1,153,918	$2,162,336	$43,574,400
2011	$5,828,048	$2,735,003	$14,628,344	$15,231,708	$1,329,909	$2,195,111	$41,948,123
2010	$6,414,049	$2,893,587	$13,946,663	$13,026,289	$1,158,748	$1,751,603	$39,190,939
2009	$6,420,512	$2,932,840	$12,941,642	$12,477,155	$1,302,559	$1,911,463	$37,986,171
2008	$6,717,314	$2,842,750	$10,426,662	$11,553,648	$1,267,614	$2,127,825	$34,935,813
2007	$4,014,353	$2,135,633	$7,733,777	$10,812,956	$1,442,016	$2,021,896	$28,160,631
2006	$4,231,975	$2,092,880	$6,133,410	$10,227,371	$1,140,298	$1,915,212	$25,741,146
2005	$2,975,011	$2,675,193	$3,112,295	$9,183,299	$1,093,589	$1,526,484	$20,565,871

So why do we keep going up?  Is that Big East money?  

If it is not, then the next few years with increased attendance (prediction) we will make more?

[Bear]

If thats the case then USF will be hanging out in the AAC for a long time while we build our prestige up to Big12 standards. The only shortcut I can see is a package deal if we can put together some heated ranked rivalry matchups.

We made it the P6 before on OUR OWN

 

USF never helped us out of CUSA

 

Think bigger

[CousinRicky]

I agree with your assessment of USF before and after football. Heck there wasn't even a Bullspen before we had football. As a Saint Leo Alum as well I can attest to how trans-formative a football program can be to a school. I grew up next to USF in the 1980's and can remember USF before football, and before football USF was a lot like Saint Leo now, just state funded, secular, and on a bigger and more empty campus.

Regarding P5 conferences, the only way USF is ever getting into a P5 conference is if we can somehow convince the Big12 to take us and UCF as a package. Only way that is going to ever happen is if both programs can get good, stay good, and put together some meaningful televised games as ranked top 25 teams going head to head.

The Big12 likes rivalries and rivalry games. Just my 2 cents.

Is that why they added WV AND Pitt?

[Triple B]

Click on #57 USF and this pops up.

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

year	ticket sales	contributions	rights / licensing	student fees	school funds	other	total revenues
2014	$4,980,088	$3,719,221	$17,583,995	$16,450,523	$4,905,447	$744,654	$48,383,928
2013	$6,888,742	$2,442,458	$16,357,767	$16,248,285	$1,455,486	$1,673,520	$45,066,258
2012	$6,023,919	$3,053,827	$15,645,668	$15,534,732	$1,153,918	$2,162,336	$43,574,400
2011	$5,828,048	$2,735,003	$14,628,344	$15,231,708	$1,329,909	$2,195,111	$41,948,123
2010	$6,414,049	$2,893,587	$13,946,663	$13,026,289	$1,158,748	$1,751,603	$39,190,939
2009	$6,420,512	$2,932,840	$12,941,642	$12,477,155	$1,302,559	$1,911,463	$37,986,171
2008	$6,717,314	$2,842,750	$10,426,662	$11,553,648	$1,267,614	$2,127,825	$34,935,813
2007	$4,014,353	$2,135,633	$7,733,777	$10,812,956	$1,442,016	$2,021,896	$28,160,631
2006	$4,231,975	$2,092,880	$6,133,410	$10,227,371	$1,140,298	$1,915,212	$25,741,146
2005	$2,975,011	$2,675,193	$3,112,295	$9,183,299	$1,093,589	$1,526,484	$20,565,871

Click on the other AAC teams and the BE ones who got out and look at their Contributions. USF's are mostly a joke in comparison and it's why Harlan's trying to do everything he can to get them up .... including the away game tix availability that a lot were whining about, that he should never have caved in on.