UCF was the lowest all-sports member in the AAC in terms of conference revenue in 2015-16, according to information obtained by the Hartford Courant. Only Navy was lower. usf got nearly triple the amount of conference revenue UCF did.
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-aac-uconn-money-0527-20170526-story.html
"In 2015-16, UConn received $10,523,469 from the AAC, followed by Cincinnati ($9.485 million) and South Florida ($9.144 million). The three schools compensated the least were Navy ($2.757 million), Central Florida ($3.514 million) and SMU ($3.57 million)."
Much of the disparity has to do with performance bonuses (teams get more revenue for going to bowl games and NCAA tournaments) and the War Chest distribution from selling off the Big East name. The War Chest has one more year left to go, then it will be more equal.
A side note: UConn's AD admits his attendance numbers are BS:
"I don't think that there's this huge gap with what we can provide in experience, what we have in facilities, what we offer academically," Benedict said. "The difference is right now we average under 20,000 people a [football] game and [Power Five schools] average 90,000 or 100,000. "
UConn's reported average attendance last season was 26,796. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2016.pdf
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-aac-uconn-money-0527-20170526-story.html
"In 2015-16, UConn received $10,523,469 from the AAC, followed by Cincinnati ($9.485 million) and South Florida ($9.144 million). The three schools compensated the least were Navy ($2.757 million), Central Florida ($3.514 million) and SMU ($3.57 million)."
Much of the disparity has to do with performance bonuses (teams get more revenue for going to bowl games and NCAA tournaments) and the War Chest distribution from selling off the Big East name. The War Chest has one more year left to go, then it will be more equal.
A side note: UConn's AD admits his attendance numbers are BS:
"I don't think that there's this huge gap with what we can provide in experience, what we have in facilities, what we offer academically," Benedict said. "The difference is right now we average under 20,000 people a [football] game and [Power Five schools] average 90,000 or 100,000. "
UConn's reported average attendance last season was 26,796. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2016.pdf
