Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury

 

Only a handful of athletic departments across the country generate an operating surplus without relying on any support from central campus. In the Pac-12, there is just one: Oregon, which produced a $3.8 million profit in 2023.

 

But coming, the 10 outbound schools in the Pac-12 agreed to have $6.5 million per campus withheld from their conference distributions in order to support Washington State and Oregon State. 

What’s more, Comcast is withholding $72 million in payments ($6 million per school) as a result of the Pac-12 Networks overpayment scandal discovered in the fall of 2022.

 

Also, every major college athletic department from Berkeley to Boston will experience additional financial pressures in coming years if, as many expect, college athletes are deemed employees by the court system and entitled to direct compensation.

 

Wilner's column

 

https://archive.ph/CO13v

If ticket prices continue to rise, and 2024's greater football season ticket sales can be sustained, will it be enough to offset a good chunk of the "Pac-12 liabilities" until Oregon can reach higher Big Ten shares?

Pig-2: If they can't join us, then they want to destroy us.

 

On 4/16/2024 at 4:28 PM, HDuck said:

If ticket prices continue to rise, and 2024's greater football season ticket sales can be sustained, will it be enough to offset a good chunk of the "Pac-12 liabilities" until Oregon can reach higher Big Ten shares?

Oregon has loads of big time donars, not just Uncle Phil. They all know they may need to kick in a bit more money if needed to weather a possible drought. 

 

Also... We all get fixated on the media money, which is big don't get me wrong, but there are a whole lot of other payouts conferences have for their teams. 

 

Oregon will be in a conference that will payout a lot more money yearly. 

 

Oregon will be just fine.